Oxbow Lake provides excellent habitat for Wilson's Snipe. 28 were found without hardly any trouble as most were feeding in the water just off Gallinule Point.
Oxbow Lake, Anne Arundel, US-MD
Mar 16, 2013 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: 48�F, started out Overcast, then the sun started shining, and
clouds started breaking up, Wind: SE at 6 mph, Humidity: 54%.
27 species
Canada Goose 350 3 skeins of about 110 geese each heading north; resident
geese staying put and pairing off
Wood Duck 10
Gadwall 26
Mallard 20
Green-winged Teal 32
Hooded Merganser 8
Great Blue Heron 8
Killdeer 5
Wilson's Snipe 28
Ring-billed Gull 15
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 4 Phoebes seemed to have arrived. All found in different
parts of the preserve.
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 15
Tree Swallow 25
Winter Wren 2
Carolina Wren 2
American Robin 1
Song Sparrow 8
Dark-eyed Junco 6
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 35
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Marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD 20724
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