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Oxbow Lake & Patuxent North Tract, 4/3/2010

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"Strobel, Warren"

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Strobel, Warren

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Sat, 3 Apr 2010 14:27:42 -0400

Great birding out there today! We went to Oxbow Lake with Paul Baicich, where we ran into Marcy Stutzman, Jay Shepard and a few other birders. Highlights were a pair of Common Ravens, at least 3 Rusty Blackbirds, a Wild Turkey and good #s of Wilson's Snipe. We did not see the Pectoral Sandpipers.
 
Here's the eBird report:
 
 
 
Location:    Oxbow Lake
Observation date:    4/3/10
Number of species:    32

Canada Goose    5
Wood Duck    10
Mallard    1
Green-winged Teal    6
Wild Turkey    1
Great Blue Heron    1
Bald Eagle    1
Red-shouldered Hawk    1
Killdeer    1
Solitary Sandpiper    1
Greater Yellowlegs    1
Wilson's Snipe    8
Belted Kingfisher    1
Red-bellied Woodpecker    1
Northern Flicker    3
Pileated Woodpecker    1
Blue Jay    2
American Crow    1
Fish Crow    1
Common Raven    2    Ravens well observed by Warren Strobel, Lisa Strobel, Marcy Stutzman, Jay Shepard and one other birder. 
Purple Martin    1
Tree Swallow    40
Northern Rough-winged Swallow    4
Barn Swallow    2
Hermit Thrush    2
American Robin    2
Brown Thrasher    1
Yellow-rumped Warbler    2
Eastern Towhee    1
White-throated Sparrow    2
Red-winged Blackbird    25
Rusty Blackbird    3

Afterward, Lisa and I went to Patuxent North Tract, where we got good views of Pine Wablers, which were singing everywhere:
 
Pine warbler - 7 heard or seen
Belted Kingfisher
Chipping Sparrow - 4
Field Sparrow - 1 heard
Hooded Merganser - 6
NRW Swallow - 2
Tree Swallow - 3
Mallard - 5
Canada Goose - 1
American Goldfinch - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 4
Turkey Vulture - 1
Yellow-Rumped Warbler - 1
 
 Good Birding!
Warren and Lisa Strobel
Annapolis, MD
www.birdcouple.com