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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