Met up with Stan Arnold today at the Little Patuxent Oxbow Lake Nature Preserve. The wind was really strong (~15 mph) and was keeping most birds hunkered down. 

Best "birds" of the day was one Eastern Hog-nosed Snake and 2 Eastern (Black) Ratsnakes. Stan got pictures of the hog-nosed snake.

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Subject: eBird Report - Oxbow Lake , 4/29/11

Location:     Oxbow Lake
Observation date:     4/29/11
Notes:     20110429: Start time: 2:30 p.m. Finish Tim: 3:30 p.m. 65°F, Cloudy, 
Wind: (3) W at 15 mph, % ice cover: 0%, Humidity: 42%. Met up with Stan Arnold. 
Best "bird of the day was one Eastern Hog-nosed Snake and 2 Eastern (Black) 
Ratsnakes. When I departed, Stan was on his way over to look at the two Great 
Horned Owlets.
Number of species:     20

Canada Goose     5
Wood Duck     3
Mallard     4
Great Blue Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     4
Cooper's Hawk     2
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern)     1
Wilson's Snipe     3
Great Horned Owl     2
Chimney Swift     5
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Great Crested Flycatcher     1
Red-eyed Vireo     2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     5
Tree Swallow     4
Carolina Wren     1
American Robin     2
Northern Cardinal     1
Red-winged Blackbird     15

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

Marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD


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