Yesterday's rain seem to bring mostly black and white species to Oxbow Lake, including Horned Grebe, Bufflehead, Ring-necked Duck, and increased numbers of Hooded Mergansers.

Oxbow Lake, Anne Arundel, US-MD
Nov 23, 2011 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Conditions:  57.3 °F Mostly Cloudy Humidity: 69% Wind: 6.0 mph 
from the West Visibility: 10.0 miles Dew Point: 47 °F Precipitation: 100% Chance 
of Rain Pressure: 29.57 in UV: 2. Jay Sheppard and I birded the Oxbow briefly. 
FOS Horned Grebe, Bufflehead, Ring-necked Duck, and increased numbers of Hooded 
Mergansers arrived after the big rains yesterday. The water level is up - thanks 
to the rain - which means hopefully the beavers are making progress on 
re-building the dam.
12 species (+1 other taxa)

American Black Duck  9
Mallard  45
Green-winged Teal  15
Ring-necked Duck  1
Bufflehead  1
Hooded Merganser  19
Horned Grebe  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Killdeer  6
Belted Kingfisher  1
Fish Crow  2
Common Grackle  150
blackbird sp.  150

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

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