Following are a couple recent reports from Oxbow Lake.
Oxbow Lake, Anne Arundel, US-MD
Apr 23, 2012 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Jay Sheppard's report. Conditions: 43-44 F, W 10-15 mph, heavy
overcast with brief periods of thin clouds. 6 deer feeding on far north shore,
2 muskrats sleeping on log in middle of lake, no turtles on any logs. After the
rain we received over the weekend, the lake is up ~3-4 inches-- if it gets any
higher, several geese nests could be in serious jeopardy of being flooded and
eggs killed.
25 species
Canada Goose 32 7 goslings ~1 week old or older (first brood observed for the year)
Wood Duck 6
Mallard 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Cooper's Hawk 1 male in full courtship display over the woods on north side of lake: "butterfly" flight display
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 2 were chasing and then being chased by one of the 2
Red-tailed hawks
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 4
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Wilson's Snipe 10
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 20
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 45
Tree Swallow 45
Bank Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 70
Carolina Wren 2
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 15
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird 35
Oxbow Lake, Anne Arundel, US-MD
Apr 21, 2012 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Jay Sheppard's report while catch-and-release bass fishing in the
Little Patuxent River starting at Brock Bridge (on Brock Bridge Road). The
Little Patuxent forms the western boundary of the Little Patuxent Oxbow Lake
Nature Preserve and the Russett Community. Conditions: Sky mostly clear, air
78-80, SW wind 5-10 mph. Looked for but did not find any kingfisher nest holes
or swallow nest holes either.
15 species
Turkey Vulture 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 4
Mourning Dove 2
Barred Owl 2
Eastern Phoebe 2 nesting under Brock Bridge
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
American Robin 4
Northern Parula 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Common Grackle 6
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 4
These reports were generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD
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