On Sat, 2 Aug 2008, Marcy Stutzman wrote:
>This morning about 23 hopeful birders showed up to look for the Least Bittern. Thanks to George Thomas refinding the male and a slew of scopes, all went home with several good looks.

Here's the list from eBird - if I forgot something, please let me know. Thanks to everyone who came out to see the Least Bittern and the Oxbow.

Location:     Oxbow Lake
Observation date:     8/2/08
Notes:     About 23 birders visited Oxbow Lake today. The male Least Bittern was refound and everyone got good looks through the many scopes available.
The timeframe (for me) was 7:30-10:30 a.m.

Number of species:     30

Trumpeter Swan     1     #960, hatch year 2005
Wood Duck     37+/-
Mallard     5
Least Bittern     1, male
Great Blue Heron     17
Great Egret     5
Green Heron     21
Bald Eagle     1
Red-shouldered Hawk     2
Red-tailed Hawk     1
American Kestrel     1
Mourning Dove     2
Chimney Swift     15
Belted Kingfisher     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Wood-Pewee     3
Eastern Phoebe     1
Eastern Kingbird     11
Purple Martin     15
Tree Swallow     11
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     9
Barn Swallow     29
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     3
American Robin     7
Gray Catbird     1
Northern Cardinal     1
Red-winged Blackbird     49+/-
Common Grackle (Purple)     5

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD