Jay Sheppard's report from yesterday 3/29/13 makes me wish I could have been there. With migrants stopping by, the Little Patuxent Oxbow Lake Nature Preserve continues to be a great place for birding and bird-photograhy! FOY Caspian Tern, increased number of Blue-winged Teal, and Wilson's Snipe everywhere!
Marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD 20724
Oxbow Lake, Anne Arundel, US-MD
Mar 30, 2013 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Jay Sheppard's report. Conditions: wind SW 3-8 mph, partly cloudy, 50-54 deg. Geese incubating. Lots of migrants and many signing. Turtles everywhere! Nice day!
41 species
Canada Goose 10
Wood Duck 2
Gadwall 14
Mallard 24
Blue-winged Teal 18
Green-winged Teal 22
Hooded Merganser 19
Great Blue Heron 14
Turkey Vulture 2
Bald Eagle 1 3 year old
Red-shouldered Hawk 3
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 2 Continuing. Oxbow Lake provides perfect habitat for
sandpipers.
Wilson's Snipe 80 Continuing. Oxbow Lake provides perfect habitat for
Wilson's Snipe.
Ring-billed Gull 30
Caspian Tern 1 FOY Caspian Terns also have been showing up in other places
in Maryland.
Barred Owl 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 4
Fish Crow 55
Tree Swallow 5 Nest building
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Brown Creeper 2
Winter Wren 2
Carolina Wren 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
American Robin 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 40
Eastern Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 20
Dark-eyed Junco 10
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 10
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13580385
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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