Oxbow Lake, Anne Arundel, US-MD
Jan 13, 2012 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)

Comments:     Conditions: 36°F, Clear, Wind: W at 14 mph, Humidity: 44%. Jay 
Sheppard and I stopped by the Little Patuxent Oxbow Lake Nature Preserve after 
checking out the Annapolis Junction Processing & Transfer Station on Brock 
Bridge Road, and the Annapolis Junction Business Park. The railroad track that 
runs parallel along Brock Bridge Road is the boundary between Howard and Anne 
Arundel Counties. There were 60 Black Vultures on the ground at the transfer 
station. From the business park, we observed maybe 100+ mostly Black Vultures 
soaring in the thermals high into the air. At the Oxbow, there were at least 3 
Bald Eagle (2 adult, 1 immature) (maybe 3 adult) that were getting the ducks and 
geese up repeatedly. We saw no teal-sized ducks flying, but that doesn't mean 
there were not there - just well hidden and staying out of the wind maybe.
8 species

Canada Goose  150
American Wigeon  2
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  75
Hooded Merganser  4
Bald Eagle  3
Killdeer  15
Red-winged Blackbird  65

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Annapolis Junction Business Park , Anne Arundel, US-MD
Jan 13, 2012 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)

Comments:     Conditions: 36°F, Clear, Wind: W at 14 mph, Humidity: 44%. Jay 
Sheppard and I stopped by the Annapolis Junction Business Park in Anne Arundel 
County. Saw 2 Red Fox, 2 White-tailed Deer. We had counted  60 Black Vultures on 
the ground at the nearby Annapolis Junction Processing & Transfer Station on 
Brock Bridge Road; many of which were taking to the air as we departed (along 
with a train of empty garbage cars). From the business park, we observed maybe 
100+ mostly Black Vultures soaring in the thermals high into the air - many of 
which included the 60 previously seen.

8 species

Canada Goose  15
Ring-necked Duck  1
Hooded Merganser  1
Black Vulture  40
Turkey Vulture  12
Northern Mockingbird  1
Song Sparrow  7
Swamp Sparrow  2


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Annapolis Junction Transfer Station, Anne Arundel, US-MD
Jan 13, 2012 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Protocol: Stationary

Comments:     Conditions: 36°F, Clear, Wind: W at 14 mph, Humidity: 44%. Jay 
Sheppard and I  checked out the Annapolis Junction Processing & Transfer Station 
on Brock Bridge Road in Anne Arundel County. The railroad track that runs 
parallel along Brock Bridge Road is the boundary between Howard and Anne Arundel 
Counties.

5 species

Black Vulture  60
Ring-billed Gull  50
Herring Gull  25
Great Black-backed Gull  2
European Starling  200

These reports were generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Marcy Stutzman
russett, MD


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