Jay Sheppard and I were looking for a singing Blue-headed Vireo, when we spotted a Pileated Woodpecker being very still and very quiet. She was in the area where I had observed them mating earlier this spring. We watched her fly to her hole and feed 2 babies and we had excellent looks at the babies.

Turtles are starting to leave the lake to lay eggs. Be careful as you drive on Oxbow Place across from the preserve as they are known to cross the road and lay eggs in the mulch piles we have around our common area trees in Russett - even Snapping Turtles.

Location:     Oxbow Lake
Observation date:     5/21/11
Notes:     20110521, Start time: 8:00 a.m., Finish time: 12:00 p.m, 72-75°F: 
Clear, Wind: (1) N at 6 mph, % ice cover: 0%, Humidity: 42%. Started out the 
morning at 8am, good looks at the Greater Yellowlegs and Eastern Kingbird. Jay 
Sheppard arrived with his saw and we did some trail maintenance on the pine tree that had 
fallen over the trail a couple of years ago. We were looking for the singing 
Blue-headed Vireo, when we spotted a Pileated Woodpecker being very still and 
very quiet. She was in the area where I had observed them mating earlier this 
spring. We watched her fly to her hole and feed 2 babies and we had excellent 
looks at the babies.

Number of species:     37

Canada Goose     8
Wood Duck     10
Mallard     2
Great Blue Heron     6
Green Heron     2
Turkey Vulture     2
Red-shouldered Hawk     2
Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern)     1
Spotted Sandpiper     1
Greater Yellowlegs     1
Mourning Dove     2
Chimney Swift     1
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Pileated Woodpecker     4
Eastern Wood-Pewee     6
Great Crested Flycatcher     6
Eastern Kingbird     2
Blue-headed Vireo     1
Red-eyed Vireo     6
Blue Jay     1
Fish Crow     5
Tree Swallow     10
Carolina Chickadee     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     2
American Robin     12
Blackpoll Warbler     2
Common Yellowthroat     1
Song Sparrow     1
Scarlet Tanager     1
Northern Cardinal     2
Red-winged Blackbird     25
Common Grackle (Purple)     15
Orchard Oriole     1
American Goldfinch     2

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

Marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD


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