04/25/12 � 710am-3pm
Hart-Miller Island, Essex, Baltimore Co., MD
WEATHER: PC/MC, 42-66 degrees, W 3K- WSW 9K
OBSERVERS: Kevin Graff, Bob Ringler
Canada Goose � 14
Wood Duck � 3 (2 drakes, 1 hen)
Gadwall � 8 (4 pairs)
American Black Duck � 5 (3 drakes, 2 hens)
Mallard � 24 (12 pairs)
Blue-winged Teal � 22 (11 pairs)
Northern Shoveler � 48
Green-winged Teal � 36
Ring-necked Duck � 6
Lesser Scaup � 61
Red-breasted Merganser � 3 (all hens)
Ruddy Duck � 82
Pied-billed Grebe � 11
Double-crested Cormorant � 41 (include 3 flocks of 9, 16 & 8 headed NNE)
Great Blue Heron � 9
Great Egret � 5
Snowy Egret � 2
*GLOSSY IBIS � 3
Turkey Vulture � 6
Osprey � 10
Bald Eagle � 5 (4 adults, 1 immature)
Peregrine Falcon � 1
American Coot � 77
*BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER � 87
Killdeer � 5
*BLACK-NECKED STILT � 2
Greater Yellowlegs � 30
Lesser Yellowlegs � 121
*SEMIPALAMTED SANDPIPER � 1
Least Sandpiper � 5
Peep sp � 3
*DUNLIN � 119
*SHORT-BILLED DOWICHTER � 3 (ATLANTIC)
Wilson�s Snipe � 2
Bonaparte�s Gull � 55
Ring-billed Gull � 37
Herring Gull � 67
Great Black-backed Gull � 10
*LEAST TERN � 3
*CASPIAN TERN � 463
Mourning Dove � 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker � 1
Eastern Kingbird � 4
Fish Crow � 5
N. Rough-winged Swallow � 2
Tree Swallow � 19
Barn Swallow � 15
Carolina Wren � 2
Marsh Wren � 3
Gray Catbird � 4
Northern Mockingbird � 1
European Starling � 14
Common Yellowthroat � 45
Yellow Warbler � 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler � 9
Prairie Warbler � 1
Eastern Towhee � 1
Savannah Sparrow � 2
Song Sparrow � 5
Swamp Sparrow � 4
White-throated Sparrow � 5
Northern Cardinal � 5
Red-winged Blackbird � 103
Common Grackle � 13
Brown-headed Cowbird � 5
Orchard Oriole � 2
American Goldfinch � 16
SPECIES: 66
INDIVIDUALS: 1790
MAMMALS
Red Fox � 1
REPTILES
Eastern Painted Turtle � 8
Red-eared Turtle � 1
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail � 1
Black Swallowtail � 5
Cabbage White � 5
Clouded Sulphur � 1
Orange Sulphur � 7
Eastern Tailed Blue � 7
Pearl Crescent � 17
American Lady � 1
Lady sp � 1
Silver-spotted Skipper � 2
Duskywing sp � 1
DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 5
DAMSELFIES
Rambur Forktail � 4
Forktail sp � 5+
MOTHS
Eastern Tent Caterpillar - 1
BEETLES
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle � 2
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD
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