Location:     Oxbow Lake
Observation date:     4/7/11
Notes:     20110407. Start time: 11:45 a.m., Finish time: 12:30  p.m., 
Temperature (F): 58°F, Clear, Wind: (1) S at 0-5 mph,  % ice cover: 0%. This is Jay Sheppard's report. The water level appears to be up an inch or more, which indicates the beavers are being successful in building up the dam at the outlet channel. Returned to the Brock Bridge entrance from 4:00-5:30 p.m. and added to the list from earlier.
Number of species:     39

Canada Goose     16
Wood Duck     10
American Black Duck     2
Mallard     12
Blue-winged Teal     2
Green-winged Teal (intergrade)     1
Green-winged Teal (American)     25
Hooded Merganser     2
Great Blue Heron     8
Green Heron     2
Turkey Vulture     3
Bald Eagle     1
Red-shouldered Hawk     4
American Kestrel     1
Greater Yellowlegs     4
Lesser Yellowlegs     1
Wilson's Snipe     40
Caspian Tern     5
Great Horned Owl     3
Belted Kingfisher     2     One male seen taking a fish to a possible nest site.
Red-bellied Woodpecker     3
Downy Woodpecker     1
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     6
Blue Jay     2
American Crow     5
Fish Crow     6
Tree Swallow     20
Carolina Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     6
Winter Wren     1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     2
American Robin     18
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     25
Pine Warbler     2
Palm Warbler     4
Swamp Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     6
Northern Cardinal     2
Red-winged Blackbird     35

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

Marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD


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