I made an abbreviated tour of Hart-Miller today. Water levels there are
up after they received over six inches of rain last week. Most of the good
shorebird habitat appeared to be in the north cell which I viewed only from
the cross dike. Any gull/tern flocks were also probably in the northern part
of the north cell. Numbers of sparrows have increased significantly.

Canada Goose  110
Gadwall  30
American Wigeon  5
Black Duck  1
Mallard  50
Blue-winged Teal  8
Shoveler  30
Pintail  3
Green-winged Teal  25
Ruddy Duck  3
Duck, sp.  250
Pied-billed Grebe  21
DC Cormorant  23
Great Blue Heron  5
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  1
*Little Blue Heron*  4 immatures
Osprey  1
Harrier  2
Merlin  1
Black-bellied Plover  7
Semi Plover  2
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  13
Semi Sandpiper  9
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  9
Great Black-back  23
Caspian Tern  9
Forster's Tern  2
Mourning Dove  16
Downy Woodpecker  1, heard only
Flicker  1, heard only
Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  1, heard only
Tree Swallow  *500*
Carolina Chickadee  1
House Wren  3
GC Kinglet  2
RC Kinglet  4
Robin  15
Catbird  8
Mockingbird  2
Starling  250
Cedar Waxwing  2
Nashville Warbler  2
Magnolia Warbler  1
Myrtle Warbler  2
Western Palm Warbler  2
Yellowthroat  11
Towhee  1, heard only
Field Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  11
Song Sparrow  28
Swamp Sparrow  17
*White-crowned Sparrow*  1 immature
Cardinal  4
Red-winged Blackbird  150
Goldfinch  3

-- 
Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD