Jay Sheppard reported this year's first brood of Wood Ducklings at the Little Patuxent Oxbow Lake Nature Preserve yesterday. There were so small and so tightly packed together while swimming after mama duck in and around the spadderdock, so ~9 was the count.

Location:     Oxbow Lake
Observation date:     4/30/11
Notes:     Notes: 20110430: Start time: 3:00 p.m. Finish Tim: 4:30 p.m. 68-70°F, 
Clear, Wind: (1) NW at 0-5 mph, % ice cover: 0%. Jay Sheppard reported the FOY 
Wood Duck brood (~9 ducklings)
Number of species:     19

Canada Goose     25
Wood Duck     13
Mallard     8
Great Blue Heron     6
Black Vulture     1
Turkey Vulture     2
Red-shouldered Hawk     2
Solitary Sandpiper     1
Wilson's Snipe     9
Great Horned Owl     2
Chimney Swift     1
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Great Crested Flycatcher     1
Red-eyed Vireo     2
Tree Swallow     7
American Robin     10
Gray Catbird     4
Northern Cardinal     2
Red-winged Blackbird     25

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

Marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD


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