Jay Sheppard started out at Big Pool Bluff with a Peregrine Falcon sitting on the Egret Tree. It stayed there long enough for Jay to give me a call, and for me to take a brunch break to go see it. Close to 1/2 hour sitting on the Egret Tree. It was preening, changed positions, and gave us great looks. We hiked to the SE Observation Point and around the bend to take a look at the south/west parts of the lake. Jay identified an Eastern Gartersnake that I found on Saturday (it had probably been run over on Oxbow Place). It was the first gartersnake that Jay had seen at the Oxbow. Did not expect to see a snake in December.
Oxbow Lake, Anne Arundel, US-MD
Dec 11, 2012 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Conditions: 46�F, Overcast (mostly heavy cloud cover, gray skies with patches of blue off to the north), Wind: NW at 3-8 mph, Humidity: 62%.
28 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 225
Tundra Swan 2
Gadwall 8
American Wigeon 1
American Black Duck 7
Mallard 30
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Northern Shoveler 5
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 6
Lesser Scaup 1
Hooded Merganser 13
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 50
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Peregrine Falcon 1 Adult, possibly female. Blue-gray above with barred
underparts and a dark head with thick sideburns.
Blue Jay 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 2
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 15
Dark-eyed Junco 10
Northern Cardinal 3
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marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD 20724
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