9/2/6 4-5pm Oxbow Lake Nature Preserve
Jay Sheppard and I birded the Oxbow Lake Nature Preserve Saturday afternoon 
just as the rain was stopping. While looking out over the lake, 2 BRIDLED 
TERNS flew over (Jay made the ID). Here's the rest of the list:

Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Green Heron
Glossy Ibis
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan #960
Mallard
Wood Duck
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk (m, f)
Red-shouldered Hawk
Greather Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
BRIDLED TERN (2) (Id by Jay Sheppard, flying from NW to SE)
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch

9/3/06 12-2pm North Tract, Patuxent Research Refuge
I birded the North Tract today. It is now completely reopened from the 
flooding in June. But since it is hunting season, Sunday is the only day 
areas aren't restricted.

Great Blue Herron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mallard
Red-shouldered Hawk
Wild Turkey
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycathcer
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinsh

Marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD