Oxbow, Inc.
Protecting and Preserving Wetlands
Recent Sightings in the Oxbow - 2016
Date: Monday, December 26, 2016
Location: Oxbow area near Lost Bridge
Reporter: Matt Metzger
Mandarin duck photographed - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4846859
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016
Location: Oxbow Lake, Dearborn County IN
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other observers: Jack Stenger
This is not my sighting but my son, Jack Stenger, just called me to get the word out. At 6:45 PM Jack found 4 adult Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks in the Oxbow and is looking at them right now. He is viewing them from the Oxbow Lake Observation Area located on the west bank of Oxbow Lake about mid point on the lake. The ducks are sitting in the low willow branches along the east shore directly across from the Observation Area and are easily seen. This is a first record for the Oxbow and an accidental species to the tri state region.
Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Location: Lost Bridge
Reporter: Brian Wulker
1 Black-bellied Plover and 1 early White-rumped Sandpiper. No Stilts or Godwits
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Location: Mudflats at Lost Bridge
Reporter: Susan & Linda Osterhage
Other observers: Andy Bess, Frank Frick
Here’s a short video of the Marbled Godwits and Black-necked Stilts seen at the mudflats by Lost Bridge last evening. The Godwits didn’t hang around too long, but the Stilts were still there when we left around 5:45 pm. Many thanks to Andy Bess for calling us and to Frank Frick for finding them.
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Location: Lost Bridge
Reporter: Jack Stenger
Other observers: Bill Zimmerman, Kate Stenger
There were two Black-necked Stilts at the mud flats at Lost Bridge last night (back pond). I don’t know who found them first, but I heard through Brian Wulker.
Date: Sunday, April 24, 2016
Location: Oxbow and Shawnee Lookout
Reporter: Paul Carlson
Started at Oxbow, DC Cormorant, Bald Eagle, Palm Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Warbling Vireo, 1 Beaver.
Shawnee Lookout boat ramp, House Wren, Prothonotary Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Wood Thrush