Location:     Oxbow Lake
Observation date:     3/27/09
Notes: Jay Sheppard, Ira Simon, and I were down at the Oxbow today after the fog lifted. Jay was assisting AMT in the completion of the topo survey for the proposed Oxbow Observation Platform. The Great Egret flew in this morning. The water level has risen with the rain we got yesterday. Sill some mud flats for snipe and shorebirds and some good Rusty Blackbird habitat remaining.
Number of species:     26

Canada Goose     6
Wood Duck     12
Mallard     10
Blue-winged Teal     3
Green-winged Teal (American)     24
Hooded Merganser     2
Great Blue Heron     3
Great Egret     1
Bald Eagle     3
Red-shouldered Hawk     2
Wilson's Snipe     60
Ring-billed Gull     20
Mourning Dove     1
Barred Owl     1
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker     2
Eastern Phoebe     2
Fish Crow     2
Tree Swallow     17
Carolina Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     2
Brown Creeper     1
American Robin     3
Eastern Towhee     1
Red-winged Blackbird     15

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Marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD