Monday, May 21, 2012 at Hart-Miller Island, water levels in all areas
slightly lower thus increasing the mudflats, 7:15- 3:00
Observers: Keith Costley, Bob Ringler, Jim Stasz
Weather: Cool, very windy, somewhat misty at midday, otherwise overcast
with partial clearing later.
76 species
Canada Goose 34, three broods of young
Wood Duck 3
Gadwall 2
Black Duck 2
Mallard 23
Canvasback 1 female
Bufflehead 2, a pair
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Ruddy Duck 3
Pied-billed Grebe 2, apparently one nest
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Least Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 3
Osprey 8
Bald Eagle 2 adults
Peregrine 1, frequently chasing the shorebirds in the north cell
Coot 1
Black-bellied Plover 8
Semipalmated Plover 49
Killdeer 4
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
RUDDY TURNSTONE 3
RED KNOT 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 372
Least Sandpiper 18
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER 3
Dunlin 491
Short-billed Dowitcher 32, all Atlantic race
Bonaparte's Gull 1 immature
Laughing Gull 2
Ring-billed Gull 142
Herring Gull 34
Great Black-back 6
Least Tern 3
Caspian Tern 123
ROYAL TERN 2
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 5
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Purple Martin 8
Tree Swallow 12
Bank Swallow 17
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 2
Marsh Wren 4
Robin 2
Catbird 11
Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 2
Starling 24, with young in all the "Starling Boxes" aka Wood Duck boxes
Cedar Waxwing 38
Common Yellowthroat 21
Yellow Warbler 10
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 3
Cardinal 2
Blue Grosbeak 11
Indigo Bunting 1
Bobolink 1, flying over
Red-winged Blackbird 65
Common Grackle 11
Cowbird 3
Orchard Oriole 11
House Finch 3
Goldfinch 14
List compiled by Stasz
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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