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
|