Location Location name: Oxbow Lake 
Observation type:  Casual Observation 
Observation date:  5/12/08
Start time:  5:30 PM
Duration:  0 hour(s) 30 minute(s) 
Number of people in party:  2 
Comments:  Rain poured down for about 24 hours starting Sunday 5/11/08 
around 4:30 p.m. The Little Patuxent River peaked at about 11 feet around 
6:00 a.m. Monday morning, 5/12/08, pushing water back into Oxbow Lake. At 
5:30 p.m. Monday afternoon, most of the vegetation in the lake was 
underwater, except for a little part of the peninsula extending from the 
northern shore.
 
 2 Canada Goose 
4 Great Blue Heron 
5 Great Egret 
1 Osprey 
1 Red-tailed Hawk 
1 Greater Yellowlegs 
6 Black Tern 
10+ Chimney Swift 
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 
1 Great Crested Flycatcher 
20+ Tree Swallow 
20+ Northern Rough-winged Swallow 
10+ Bank Swallow 
10+ Cliff Swallow 
50+ Barn Swallow 
5 Carolina Chickadee 
1 Tufted Titmouse 
1 Gray Catbird 
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 
2 Red-winged Blackbird 
  
Total species reported: 20