I thought I'd pass along two recent reports from Jay Sheppard for Oxbow Lake. Today he heard a Common Raven (Ravens have been found previously at Oxbow Lake) and had 2 Blue-winged Teal.
On 8/11, a Russett birder-couple reported a possible Sandhill Crane: "Stuart and I were out at oxbow yesterday [8/11/2012] and saw what we are fairly sure was a sandhill crane. It was larger than the great blue herons (Stuart's comment on seeing it was "Is that an Ostrich?), crane shaped, tan and grey, had a lighter neck than its body, and had a dark spot on its head could not tell if it was red though."
Marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD
Oxbow Lake, Anne Arundel, US-MD
Aug 21, 2012 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Conditions: 75 F, mostly clear, wind calm. Jay Sheppard's report.
19 species
Canada Goose 5
Wood Duck 35
Blue-winged Teal 2
Great Blue Heron 6
Green Heron 7
Red-shouldered Hawk 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 10
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 50
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Red-winged Blackbird 45
American Goldfinch 1
Oxbow Lake, Anne Arundel, US-MD
Aug 13, 2012 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Conditions: 80 deg, partly cloudy, winds calm. Jay Sheppard went
looking for Angela's possible Sandhill Crane, but found few herons or most other birds. He was not sure what time of the day or precisely where Angela & Stuart saw the bird, but he scanned nearly the whole lake on the trip. Here is Angela's message: "Stuart and I were out at oxbow yesterday [8/11/2012]and saw what we are fairly sure was a sandhill crane. It was larger than the great blue herons (Stuart's comment on seeing it was "Is that an Ostrich?), crane shaped, tan and grey, had a lighter neck than its body, and had a dark spot on its head could not tell if it was red though."
21 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 5
Wood Duck 25
Mallard 3
Great Blue Heron 4
Green Heron 5
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
crow sp. 2
Common Raven 1 Heard calling from the western shore - not seen
Barn Swallow 90
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 4
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 6
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