[MDOsprey] BREEDING BIRD CENSUS OXON COVE & MAGNOLIA BOG

Mike Milton (mikemilton@ibm.net)
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:07:47 -0400


Breeding Bird Counts: Oxon Cove and the Oxon Run relict magnolia bog

        As you may know, a for-profit company intends to build a prison
on the Oxon
Cove site (which is in DC, directly opposite the Oxon Hill Children's
Farm, in MD).  We believe the 42-acre tract, which has been Federal
parkland, would serve the community best by remaining in its present
natural state.
        Several informal birding excursions to the site earlier this
spring produced a nice list, including various warblers and a good
selection of residents.  Bald eagles feed in the cove, and a turkey  has
been spotted in the woods.   The New Columbia Audubon Society is
conducting counts of the Oxon Cove site and the nearby Oxon Run relict
magnolia bog on Saturday, July 19,  in conjunction with an event at Oxon
Hill Children's Farm.  The event, a picnic and cleanup, is sponsored by,
among others,the Ward 8 Coalition, New Columbia Sierra Club, Friends of
the Earth, Friends of Oxon Hill, and the Anacostia Watershed Society
(and NCAS as well).  We hope to call attention to the need to keep these
valuable patches of DC habitat available to the public for birding and
other nature-related activities.
        Birders will meet at 5:45 A.M., Saturday, June 19, at the corner
of 7th and Pennsylvania, SE (Bread and Chocolate corner), to divide into
two teams to carpool to the sites. Or meet onsite at 6:15 – the auto
impoundment lot off Shepherd Pkwy. for Oxon Cove, or Mildred Green Elem.
School lot off Mississippi Ave. for the magnolia bog.  (call Mike for
more directions). Please call ahead to register, so that we know how
many people we can count on:
        Mike Milton: (h): (202) 543-6672; (w) (202) 293-8242)
        Peter Vankevich: (h) (202) 547-4523; (w) (202) 707-0600.

Mike Milton mikemilton@ibm.net
Judy Schaefer judyschaefer@ibm.net
Washington, DC