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Recent Sightings in the Oxbow - 2018

Date: Friday, December 28, 2018

Location: Oxbow

Reporter: Katie Grigsby

14 species total  (+1 other taxa)

• 24 duck sp. -- Flyover
• 1  Great Blue Heron
• 1  Belted Kingfisher
• 1  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• 1  Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1  Downy Woodpecker
• 1  Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
• 2  Carolina Chickadee
• 1  Tufted Titmouse
• 2  White-breasted Nuthatch
• 1  Carolina Wren
• 3  Golden-crowned Kinglet
• 110 American Robin 100 were a flyover.
• 1  American Goldfinch
• 1  Yellow-rumped Warbler

Date:  Friday, December 28, 2018

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  David Carr

27 species total

Overcast, 55 F. Water is high. I was unable to drive the dirt roads, but I did what I could on foot.

• 300 Canada Goose
• 4    Gadwall
• 400 Mallard
• 8    American Black Duck
• 6    Mourning Dove
• 1    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Bald Eagle
• 1    Red-tailed Hawk
• 1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 1    Hairy Woodpecker
• 5    Northern Flicker
• 4    Carolina Chickadee
• 2    Tufted Titmouse
• 3    White-breasted Nuthatch
• 1    Brown Creeper
• 7    Carolina Wren
• 2    Golden-crowned Kinglet
• 16   American Robin
• 100 European Starling
• 12  Dark-eyed Junco
• 7   White-throated Sparrow
• 12  Song Sparrow
• 2    Swamp Sparrow
• 12  Rusty Blackbird
• 9   Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 6   Northern Cardinal

Date:  Tuesday Dec 26, 2017 9:24 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  David Carr

12 species total

Comments:  Partly cloudy, 21 F. Oxbow about 80% frozen. Other water 100% frozen.

• 9   Canada Goose
• 5   Mallard
• 1   Bufflehead
• 1   Hooded Merganser
• 1   Pied-billed Grebe
• 7    Ring-billed Gull
• 6   Great Blue Heron
• 2   American Crow
• 3   Song Sparrow
• 3   Swamp Sparrow
• 12  Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 2   Northern Cardinal

Date:  Friday Dec 22, 2017 10:21 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter: Joe Nirschl

14 species (+1 other taxa) total

• 8   Snow Goose
• 300 Canada Goose
• 8   Mallard
• 3   gull sp.
• 13   Great Blue Heron
• 1   Belted Kingfisher
• 3   Downy Woodpecker
• 1   Hairy Woodpecker
• 2   American Crow
• 13   Carolina Chickadee
• 1   American Robin
• 2   American Goldfinch
• 1   American Tree Sparrow
• 0   Song Sparrow
• 11  Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 13  Northern Cardinal

Date:  Wednesday Dec 12, 2018 11:50 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Observers:  Paul Krusling

16 species total

• 200 Mallard
• 20  American Black Duck
• 20  Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
• 30  Mourning Dove
• 1   Ring-billed Gull
• 2   Great Blue Heron
• 1   Red-tailed Hawk
• 1   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• 1   Northern Flicker
• 4   American Crow
• 2   Carolina Chickadee
• 5   Carolina Wren
• 2   American Robin
• 25  European Starling
• 1   Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 2   Northern Cardinal

Date:  Wednesday Nov 29, 2017 1:58 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:   Jim Terlinden

19 species total

50  Canada Goose

2   Northern Shoveler

2   Gadwall

3   American Wigeon

12  Mallard

3   American Black Duck

100 Northern Pintail

3   Pied-billed Grebe

1   American Coot

7   Great Blue Heron

1   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Juvenile)

1    Red-bellied Woodpecker

1   Downy Woodpecker

2   American Crow

2   Carolina Chickadee

1   Tufted Titmouse

2   Carolina Wren

6   Yellow-rumped Warbler

1   Northern Cardinal

Date:  Tuesday Nov 21, 2017 3:15 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Party Size:  3

Reporter:  Melissa Mezger

11 species total

40  Canada Goose

6   Mallard

2   Hooded Merganser

2   Great Blue Heron

2   Turkey Vulture

1   Bald Eagle (Sex Unknown)

2   Carolina Chickadee

2   Tufted Titmouse

1   Carolina Wren

5   American Robin

40  European Starling

Date:  Tuesday Nov 21, 2017 10:05 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Party Size:  2

Reporter:  Michael Gertz

19 species (+1 other taxa) total

• 20   Snow Goose
• 125 Canada Goose
• 5    Northern Shoveler
• 100 Mallard
• 140 Northern Pintail
• 200 dabbling duck sp. (distant)
• 4   American Coot
• 26  Great Blue Heron
• 3   Turkey Vulture
• 1   Bald Eagle
• 1   Red-tailed Hawk
• 2   Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1   Downy Woodpecker
• 1   Northern Flicker
• 6   Horned Lark
• 2   Carolina Chickadee
• 1   Tufted Titmouse
• 3   Carolina Wren
• X   European Starling
• 15  Yellow-rumped Warbler

Date:  Saturday Nov 18, 2017 10:49 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Brian Wulker

17 species total

• 10  Snow Goose
• 225 Canada Goose
• 3    Wood Duck
• 6    Gadwall
• 67   Mallard
• 25   American Black Duck
• 15   Northern Pintail
• 2    Canvasback
• 10   Redhead
• 16   Ring-necked Duck
• 3    Hooded Merganser
• 1    Pied-billed Grebe
• 5    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Bald Eagle
• 3    American Crow
• 2    American Robin
• 2    Song Sparrow

Date:  Wednesday Oct 18, 2017 8:40 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  J W Rettig

24 species total

Comments:  Fog...clear, 45

• 88  Canada Goose
• 5   Northern Shoveler
• 3   Mallard
• 4   Killdeer
• 1   Stilt Sandpiper
• 1   Least Sandpiper
• 13  Double-crested Cormorant
• 14  Great Blue Heron
• 4   Great Egret
• 1   Cooper's Hawk
• 2   Belted Kingfisher
• 1   Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 2   Downy Woodpecker
• 5   Carolina Chickadee
• 1   Tufted Titmouse
• 7   Carolina Wren
• 2   Eastern Bluebird
• 36  American Goldfinch
• 12  Song Sparrow
• 1   Swamp Sparrow
• 1   Red-winged Blackbird
• 1   Palm Warbler
• 2   Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
• 1   Northern Cardinal

Date:  Sunday Nov 18, 2018 9:55 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Katie Grigsby

15 species total

• 2   Mourning Dove
• 1   Red-shouldered Hawk
• 1   Red-tailed Hawk
• 1   Belted Kingfisher
• 2   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• 2   Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 2   Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
• 1   American Crow
• 1   Carolina Chickadee
• 1   Tufted Titmouse
• 2   White-breasted Nuthatch
• 2    Carolina Wren
• 6   American Robin
• 1   American Goldfinch
• 1   Yellow-rumped Warbler

Date:  Saturday Nov 17, 2018 4:30 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Paul Krusling

17 species total

• 200 Canada Goose
• 6    Gadwall
• 10   Mallard
• 4    American Black Duck
• 4    Redhead
• 20  Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
• 4    Mourning Dove
• 1    Ring-billed Gull
• 2    Great Blue Heron
• 1    American Kestrel
• 2    Blue Jay
• 25  American Crow
• 4    American Robin
• 1    Northern Mockingbird
• 400 European Starling
• 2    American Goldfinch
• 4    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Thursday Nov 15, 2018 10:01 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Andrew Aldrich

15 species total

Comments:  Cloudy light rain birding with my niece Branwen

• 3    Greater White-fronted Goose
• 900 Canada Goose
• 3    Ruddy Duck
• 4    Mourning Dove
• 2    Ring-billed Gull
• 4    Double-crested Cormorant
• 2    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Red-tailed Hawk
• 1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1    Blue Jay
• 1    American Crow
• 1    American Robin
• 2    European Starling
• 300 Red-winged Blackbird
• 100 Rusty Blackbird

Date:  Saturday Nov 03, 2018 1:00 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Katie Grigsby

17 species total

• 3    Canada Goose
• 3    Great Blue Heron
• 5    Great Egret
• 8    Turkey Vulture
• 1    Belted Kingfisher
• 1    American Crow
• 3    Carolina Chickadee
• 1    White-breasted Nuthatch
• 1    Carolina Wren
• 2    Golden-crowned Kinglet
• 5    American Goldfinch
• 1    Dark-eyed Junco
• 1    Song Sparrow
• 1    Eastern Towhee
• 70   Red-winged Blackbird
• 2    Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 3    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Tuesday Oct 30, 2018 9:25 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Brian Wulker

33 species total

• 44  Canada Goose
• 5    Mallard
• 4    American Black Duck
• 1    Pied-billed Grebe
• 4    Mourning Dove
• 11  Dunlin
• 7    Double-crested Cormorant
• 8    Great Blue Heron
• 6    Great Egret
• 1    Turkey Vulture
• 1    Belted Kingfisher
• 1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 2    Downy Woodpecker
• 1    Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
• 2    Blue Jay
• 7    American Crow
• 1    Horned Lark
• 7    Carolina Chickadee
• 2    Tufted Titmouse
• 3    Carolina Wren
• 5    American Robin
• 40   European Starling
• 1    House Finch
• 4    American Goldfinch
• 18  White-crowned Sparrow
• 5    White-throated Sparrow
• 14   Song Sparrow
• 1    Lincoln's Sparrow
• 3    Swamp Sparrow
• 100  Red-winged Blackbird
• 10   Common Grackle
• 34   Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 2    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Sunday Oct 21, 2018 9:03 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Katie Grigsby

18 species total

• 9    Mallard
• 5    Double-crested Cormorant
• 3    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Osprey
• 1     Bald Eagle
• 2    Belted Kingfisher
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 1    American Crow
• 3    Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• 4    Carolina Chickadee
• 1    White-breasted Nuthatch
• 2    Golden-crowned Kinglet
• 4    American Robin
• 2    European Starling
• 2    Song Sparrow
• 16   Red-winged Blackbird
• 1     Palm Warbler
• 8    Yellow-rumped Warbler

Date:  Saturday Oct 14, 2017 8:15 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporters:  Cassidy Ficker , Maddie Varias , Tyler Ficker

48 species total

• 1   Canada Goose
• 1   Wood Duck
• 1   Northern Shoveler
• 2   Gadwall
• 5   Mallard
• 3   Green-winged Teal
• 2   Pied-billed Grebe
• 13  Mourning Dove
• 16  Killdeer
• 1   White-rumped Sandpiper
• 10  Double-crested Cormorant
• 9   Great Blue Heron (Blue form)
• 30  Great Egret
• 1   Black-crowned Night-Heron
• 1   Northern Harrier
• 2   Red-shouldered Hawk
• 1   Belted Kingfisher
• 1   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• 1   Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1   Downy Woodpecker
• 1   Hairy Woodpecker
• 2   Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
• 1   American Kestrel
• 3   Blue Jay
• 1   American Crow
• 9   Carolina Chickadee
• 1   Brown Creeper
• 2   Carolina Wren
• 2   Golden-crowned Kinglet
• 3   Eastern Bluebird
• 13 American Robin F Flyover (Observed)
• 1   Northern Mockingbird
• 7   European Starling
• 20  Cedar Waxwing
• 27  American Goldfinch
• 1   Field Sparrow
• 1   White-crowned Sparrow
• 1   Savannah Sparrow
• 6   Song Sparrow
• 1   Lincoln's Sparrow
• 1   Swamp Sparrow
• 47  Red-winged Blackbird
• 1   Brown-headed Cowbird
• 1   Common Grackle
• 1   Orange-crowned Warbler
• 2   Palm Warbler (Western)
• 4   Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
• 3   Northern Cardinal

Date:  Saturday Oct 13, 2018 10:09 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Tyler Ficker

18 species total

• 2    Canada Goose
• 2    Northern Pintail
• 6    Double-crested Cormorant
• 2    Great Blue Heron
• 3    Great Egret
• 1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1    Carolina Wren
• 1    Golden-crowned Kinglet
• 2    American Robin
• 100 European Starling
• 4    House Finch
• 25   American Goldfinch
• 1    Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
• 2    White-throated Sparrow
• 5    Song Sparrow
• 300 Red-winged Blackbird
• 2    Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
• 1    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Saturday Oct 13, 2018 8:07 AM

Party Size: 10

Reporters:  Rene', Andy and Bill McGill

40 species total

Comments:  MVCA bird club outing. Levi and Derrick Parker, Matthew Hildemans, Joshua, Katherine , Dan Warren, Rudy Iles and dad, Tyler and Rob Ficker. Cloudy 50'.

• 12  Canada Goose
• 3    Northern Shoveler (At lost bridge)
• 6    Gadwall (At lost bridge)
• 4    Mallard
• 3    Mourning Dove
• 1    Semipalmated Plover (At lost bridge)
• 2    Killdeer
• 1    Least Sandpiper (At lost bridge)
• 22   Double-crested Cormorant
• 1    American White Pelican (Continuing bird from Summer. At lost bridge.)
• 4    Great Blue Heron
• 8    Great Egret
• 1    Broad-winged Hawk (Immature white chested buteo with faint red streaks beginning to show. At lost bridge.)
• 2    Red-tailed Hawk (Two immatures)
• 1    Belted Kingfisher (Heard by Levi)
• 2    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 3    Downy Woodpecker
• 1    Northern Flicker
• 1    American Kestrel
• 1    Eastern Phoebe (Adult found dead)
• 4    Blue Jay
• 12   American Crow
• 8    Tree Swallow
• 2    Carolina Chickadee
• 1    Tufted Titmouse
• 2    White-breasted Nuthatch
• 2    Carolina Wren
• 3    American Robin
• 20   European Starling
• 20   Cedar Waxwing
• 6    American Goldfinch
• 2    Song Sparrow
• 1002 Red-winged Blackbird (Plus two females and lots of brownish immature birds)

     Age & Sex          Juvenile          Immature          Adult          Age Unknown

       Male                                                                              1000             

       Female                                                       2

       Sex Unknown

• 10   Brown-headed Cowbird
• 22   Common Grackle
• 1    Common Yellowthroat
• 1    Blackpoll Warbler
• 1    Palm Warbler
• 17   Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 2    Northern Cardinal

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2018

Location: Oxbow East

Reporter: Wayne Wauligman

27 species total

• 4 Mallard-In the shallows of Horseshoe Lake
• 4 Chimney Swift
• 2 Killdeer - In the road
• 4 Lesser Yellowlegs - In a flooded area of Rick Pope's farm field near the entrance to Oxbow East
• 1 Double-crested Cormorant - Flying low over Horseshoe Lake
• 6 Great Blue Heron - In farm fields or over and in Horseshoe Lake
• 8 Great Egret - In the flooded backwaters of Horseshoe Lake. Many Mosquito-fish were in the shallows and puddles. I suspect these were their prey
• 30 Black Vulture - Flying together in a kettle heading slowly north.
• 10 Turkey Vulture
• 1 Belted Kingfisher - Flying through the flooded woods along Horseshoe Lake
• 1 Red-headed Woodpecker - This adult flew over our heads heading south and along Action Lane
• 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 2 Northern Flicker
• 3 Blue Jay
• 2 American Crow
• 12 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - In a flock over a flooded area of Rick Pope's soybean field near the entrance to Oxbow East
• 2 Carolina Chickadee
• 1 White-breasted Nuthatch
• 7 Carolina Wren
• 4 American Robin
• 1 Gray Catbird -At the entrance to Oxbow East in the brush and Honeysuckle
• 1 Northern Mockingbird - At the entrance to Oxbow East on higher ground and next to I-275
• 16 Cedar Waxwing - High in the Cottonwood Trees along Action Lane
• 4 American Goldfinch
• 6 Song Sparrow
• 1 Northern Waterthrush - Heard only giving an alarm call from a flooded, wooded area along Action Lane near the shelter
• 1 Northern Cardinal - Near the entrance

Date:  Thursday Sep 28, 2017 4:48 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Party Size:  2

Reporter:  Jim Terlinden

10 species total

• 12  Canada Goose
• 25  Double-crested Cormorant
• 8   Great Blue Heron (Blue form)
• 25  Great Egret
• 2   Black-crowned Night-Heron
• 20  Turkey Vulture
• 5   American Crow
• 4   Carolina Chickadee
• 1   Gray Catbird
• 2   American Goldfinch

Date:  Wednesday Sep 20, 2017 11:34 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Party Size:  4

Reporter:  Jim Terlinden

9 species total

• 1   Mourning Dove
• 2   Killdeer
• 16  Double-crested Cormorant
• 1   Great Blue Heron
• 25  Great Egret
• 1   Belted Kingfisher
• 1   Carolina Chickadee
• 1   Tufted Titmouse
• 1   European Starling

Date: Saturday Sep 09, 2017 11:13 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  David Carr

21 species total

Comments:  Mostly sunny, 72 F

• 50  Canada Goose
• 1   Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• 1   Killdeer
• 23  Double-crested Cormorant
• 4   Great Blue Heron
• 13  Great Egret
• 4   Green Heron
• 4   Black-crowned Night-Heron
• 1   Black Vulture
• 1   Turkey Vulture
• 1   Bald Eagle  (immature)
• 3   Northern Flicker
• 7   American Crow
• 1   Tree Swallow
• 5   Carolina Chickadee
• 1   Tufted Titmouse
• 3   Carolina Wren
• 1   Gray Catbird
• 2   American Goldfinch
• 1   Song Sparrow
• 1   Common Yellowthroat

Date:  Saturday Sep 09, 2017 10:35 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Steve Pelikan

46 species total

Comments:  Butterfly walk

• 25  Canada Goose
• 2   Wood Duck
• 1    Blue-winged Teal
• 2   Mallard
• 6   Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
• 3   Mourning Dove
• 1   Common Nighthawk
• 2   Semipalmated Plover
• 4   Killdeer
• 2   Lesser Yellowlegs
• 45  Double-crested Cormorant
• 4   Great Blue Heron
• 7   Great Egret
• 2   Green Heron
• 1   Black-crowned Night-Heron
• 2   Black Vulture
• 7   Turkey Vulture
• 1   Red-tailed Hawk
• 1   Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 2   Downy Woodpecker
• 1   Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
• 1   American Kestrel
• 1   Eastern Wood-Pewee
• 1   Warbling Vireo (Eastern)
• 1   Blue Jay
• 1   American Crow
• 2   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• 1   Purple Martin
• 2   Bank Swallow
• 3   Carolina Chickadee
• 1   White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)
• 2   Carolina Wren
• 1   American Robin
• 2   Gray Catbird
• 6   European Starling
• 12  Cedar Waxwing
• 3   House Finch
• 2   American Goldfinch
• 1   Field Sparrow
• 2   Song Sparrow
• 3   Red-winged Blackbird
• 2   Common Grackle
• 1   Common Yellowthroat
• 1   Northern Cardinal
• 1   Indigo Bunting
• 8   House Sparrow

Date:  Thursday Sep 07, 2017 12:14 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  David Rupp

10 species total

• 35  Canada Goose
• 45  Double-crested Cormorant
• 3   Great Blue Heron
• 10  Great Egret
• 1   Turkey Vulture
• 1   Belted Kingfisher
• 2   Carolina Chickadee
• 1   Tufted Titmouse
• 1   Carolina Wren
• 1   Song Sparrow

Date:  Wednesday Sep 06, 2017 9:00 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Richard Payne

15 species (+3 other taxa) total

• 12  Canada Goose
• 3   Wood Duck
• 3   Gadwall
• 1   Pied-billed Grebe
• 9   Double-crested Cormorant
• 15  Great Blue Heron
• 24  Great Egret
• X   Turkey Vulture
• 1   Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1   Eastern Wood-Pewee
• 2   Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
• X   Empidonax sp.
• 2   Red-eyed Vireo
• 1   Gray Catbird
• 1   Brown Thrasher
• X   American Goldfinch
• X   sparrow sp.
• 2   Indigo Bunting

Date:  Sunday Sep 03, 2017 4:30 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Michael Gertz

23 species (+1 other taxa) total

• 3   Wood Duck
• 2   Mourning Dove
• 1   gull sp.
• 5   Double-crested Cormorant
• 6   Great Blue Heron
• 5   Great Egret
• 1   Green Heron
• 2   Turkey Vulture
• 1   Osprey
• 1   Belted Kingfisher
• 2   Downy Woodpecker
• 1   White-eyed Vireo
• 3   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• 5   Barn Swallow
• 3   Carolina Chickadee
• 2   Tufted Titmouse
• 1   House Wren
• 1   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• 2   Gray Catbird
• 32  European Starling
• 5   American Goldfinch
• 1   Common Yellowthroat
• 2   Northern Cardinal
• 12  Indigo Bunting

Date:  Wednesday Aug 30, 2017 1:00 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  David A. Brinkman

14 species total

• 1   Wood Duck
• 1   Killdeer
• 21  Double-crested Cormorant
• 10  Great Blue Heron (sex unknown)
• 13  Great Egret
• 1   Downy Woodpecker
• 1   Hairy Woodpecker
• 1   Northern Flicker
• 1   Blue Jay
• 1   American Crow
• 1   Gray Catbird
• 4   American Goldfinch
• 1   Northern Cardinal
• 2   Indigo Bunting  (Caterpillars - Carrying Food (Confirmed))

Date:  Friday Aug 25, 2017 6:00 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Party Size:  17

Reporters:  Rene',Andy and Bill McGill

11 species total

Comments:  Oxbow Field Trip, led by the Stengers; Jay and Jack.

• 11  Chimney Swift
• 30 Double-crested Cormorant (Half were brown headed juveniles, Sex Unknown
• 2   Great Blue Heron
• 6   Great Egret
• 1   Black-crowned Night-Heron
• 1   Downy Woodpecker
• 1   Northern Flicker
• 1   American Kestrel, Blue mantled male.
• 20  Barn Swallow
• 1   Red-winged Blackbird
• 1   Indigo Bunting

Date:  Saturday Aug 19, 2017 1:34 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Lindsey Walters

27 species total

• 1   Wood Duck
• 2   Mallard
• 1   Mourning Dove
• 1   Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• 2   Killdeer
• 1   Spotted Sandpiper
• 18  Double-crested Cormorant
• 11  Great Blue Heron
• 15  Great Egret
• 4   Turkey Vulture
• 3   Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1   Northern Flicker
• 4   Eastern Phoebe
• 3   American Crow
• 11  Carolina Chickadee
• 2   Tufted Titmouse
• 1   White-breasted Nuthatch
• 1   House Wren
• 4   Carolina Wren
• 2   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• 1   American Robin
• 3   House Finch
• 13  American Goldfinch
• 2   Song Sparrow
• 1   Prothonotary Warbler
• 9   Northern Cardinal
• 2   Indigo Bunting

Date:  Sunday July 30, 2017 1:30 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporters:  Helen Wright-North

20 species total

• 10  Canada Goose
• 4   Wood Duck
• 6   Great Blue Heron
• 4   Great Egret
• 2   Green Heron
• 3   Black Vulture
• 4   Turkey Vulture
• 1   Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 2   Downy Woodpecker
• 1   Northern Flicker
• 1   American Crow
• 2   Carolina Chickadee
• 1   Tufted Titmouse
• 1   House Wren
• 1   Carolina Wren
• 1   American Robin
• 4   American Goldfinch
• 1   Song Sparrow
• 4   Prothonotary Warbler
• 1   Northern Cardinal

Date:  Sat July 29, 2017 9:24 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:   Rodney Crice

16 species (+2 other taxa) total

• 1  Wood Duck
• 1   dabbling duck sp.
• 1   Mourning Dove
• X   Double-crested Cormorant
• X   Great Blue Heron
• X   Great Egret
• 1   American Crow
• X   swallow sp.
• 1   Carolina Wren
• 2   American Robin
• 3   European Starling
• 1   American Goldfinch
• 1   Field Sparrow
• 2   Song Sparrow
• 1   Red-winged Blackbird
• 2   Northern Cardinal
• 2   Indigo Bunting
• 1   Dickcissel

Date:  Fri July 28, 2017 10:10 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Brian Wulker

22 species total

• 3   Wood Duck
• 1   Mallard
• 2   Mourning Dove
• 1   Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• 2   Killdeer
• 4   Great Blue Heron
• 6   Great Egret
• 1   Green Heron
• 1   Eastern Wood-Pewee
• 3   American Crow
• 7   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• 10  Barn Swallow
• 2   Carolina Chickadee
• 1   Tufted Titmouse
• 2   House Wren
• 6   American Robin
• 2   American Goldfinch
• 1   Song Sparrow
• 2   Common Yellowthroat
• 2   Northern Cardinal
• 1   Blue Grosbeak
• 10  Indigo Bunting

Date:  Mon July 17, 2017 7:19 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Lindsey Walters

40 species (+1 other taxa) total

• 22  Canada Goose
• 5   Wood Duck
• 3   Mallard
• 6   Mourning Dove
• 2   Chimney Swift
• 8   Killdeer
• 2   Spotted Sandpiper
• 2   Double-crested Cormorant
• 14  Great Blue Heron
• 12  Great Egret
• 1   Black-crowned Night-Heron
• 2   Bald Eagle
• 1   Red-tailed Hawk
• 1   Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1   Northern Flicker
• 1   Peregrine Falcon
• 1   Eastern Phoebe
• 5   Eastern Kingbird
• 4   American Crow
• 2    Tree Swallow
• 30   swallow sp. (Very high up)
• 4   Carolina Chickadee
• 2   Tufted Titmouse
• 1   House Wren
• 2   Carolina Wren
• 1   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• 20  American Robin
• 4   Gray Catbird
• 1   European Starling
• 6   American Goldfinch
• 21  Song Sparrow
• 2   Baltimore Oriole
• 17  Red-winged Blackbird
• 1   Brown-headed Cowbird
• 5   Common Grackle
• 2   Prothonotary Warbler
• 3   Common Yellowthroat
• 1   Yellow Warbler
• 1   Yellow-throated Warbler
• 6   Northern Cardinal
• 14  Indigo Bunting

Date: Saturday July 15, 2017 9:55 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jack Stenger

49 species total

• 12  Canada Goose
• 1   Wood Duck
• 3   Mourning Dove
• 1   Yellow-billed Cuckoo
• 2   Chimney Swift
• 4   Killdeer
• 2   Spotted Sandpiper
• 5   Double-crested Cormorant
• 15  Great Blue Heron
• 15  Great Egret
• 3   Green Heron
• 4   Black Vulture
• 10  Turkey Vulture
• 1   Red-tailed Hawk
• 1   Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1   Downy Woodpecker
• 1   Hairy Woodpecker
• 3   Northern Flicker
• 2   Eastern Wood-Pewee
• 4   Eastern Kingbird (Feeding Young (Confirmed))
• 2   Warbling Vireo
• 30  American Crow
• 15  Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• 5   Purple Martin
• 10  Tree Swallow
• 25  Cliff Swallow (Occupied Nest (Confirmed))
• 1   Carolina Chickadee
• 3   Tufted Titmouse
• 1   White-breasted Nuthatch
• 4   House Wren
• 3   Carolina Wren
• 2   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• 8   American Robin
• 2   Gray Catbird
• 1   Northern Mockingbird
• 10  European Starling
• 3   Cedar Waxwing
• 10  American Goldfinch
• 1   Field Sparrow
• 5   Song Sparrow (Feeding Young (Confirmed))
• 4   Yellow-breasted Chat
• 2   Orchard Oriole
• 2   Red-winged Blackbird
• 1   Common Grackle
• 3   Prothonotary Warbler (Feeding Young (Confirmed))
• 4   Common Yellowthroat
• 1   Northern Parula
• 7   Northern Cardinal
• 12  Indigo Bunting

Date:  Sunday July 02, 2017 7:30 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Wayne Wauligman

48 species total

• 11  Canada Goose
• 5   Wood Duck (Hen with four older young)
• 12  Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
• 4   Mourning Dove
• 4   Killdeer
• 1   Double-crested Cormorant
• 15  Great Blue Heron
• 20  Great Egret
• 1   Green Heron
• 30  Black Vulture
• 4   Turkey Vulture
• 1   Red-tailed Hawk
• 1   Belted Kingfisher
• 2   Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1   Northern Flicker
• 1   Eastern Wood-Pewee
• 1   Eastern Phoebe
• 2   Eastern Kingbird
• 16  Warbling Vireo
• 3   Red-eyed Vireo
• 5   American Crow
• 5   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• 46  Tree Swallow
• 2   Barn Swallow
• 130 Cliff Swallow (They nest on the I-275 bridge over Oxbow property)
• 4   Carolina Chickadee
• 4   Tufted Titmouse
• 2   White-breasted Nuthatch
• 4   House Wren
• 18  Carolina Wren
• 4   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• 15  American Robin
• 3   Gray Catbird
• 1   Northern Mockingbird
• 5   European Starling
• 6   American Goldfinch
• 24  Song Sparrow
• 5   Yellow-breasted Chat
• 1   Orchard Oriole
• 1   Baltimore Oriole
• 10  Red-winged Blackbird
• 1   Brown-headed Cowbird
• 8   Common Grackle
• 9   Prothonotary Warbler
• 12  Common Yellowthroat
• 4   Northern Cardinal
• 28  Indigo Bunting
• 1   Dickcissel (Singing in the prairie planted area)

Date:  Sunday, June 18, 2017 11:00 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Party Size:  2

Reporter:  Wayne Wauligman

32 species total

• 12   Wood Duck  (Two hens and five each ducklings skittered away from us at the entrance pond by the old cement plant)
• 1   Ruby-throated Hummingbird (It zipped by under the bridge abutment)
• 2   Killdeer (Out in the fields in two different locations. One broken in half egg found. It's unknown if it was eaten or hatched)
• 2   Double-crested Cormorant (Sitting on a log out in a back lake)
• 1   Great Blue Heron (Standing out in the smartweed flats of Oxbow Lake)
• 1   Green Heron (An adult, it was flying across and back over the Oxbow Lake near the entrance)
• 3   Black-crowned Night-Heron (Two adults and one juvenile were spooked from the dense willows on the left side of the entrance past the gate. For me this makes it appear they are indeed breeding here)
• 1   Bald Eagle (This adult male (a guess due to size) was flying over the trees along the I-275 entrance ramp to I-275)
• 2   Downy Woodpecker
• 1   Hairy Woodpecker (This very noisy one was down near the I-275 bridge abutment)
• 3   Eastern Wood-Pewee
• 2   Acadian Flycatcher
• 6   Warbling Vireo
• 2   Red-eyed Vireo
• 1   Tree Swallow
• 6   Cliff Swallow (Flying near their nests plastered underneath the I-275 bridge and on the metal, not concrete, structure)
• 6   Carolina Chickadee
• 2   Tufted Titmouse
• 1   White-breasted Nuthatch
• 4   House Wren
• 1   Carolina Wren
• 1   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• 10  American Robin
• 1   Gray Catbird
• 4   Song Sparrow
• 1   Baltimore Oriole (A male was calling up near the gate)
• 2   Red-winged Blackbird
• 8   Prothonotary Warbler (Found a calling male in eight continuous territories on our way back to the first I-275 bridge abutment. This started just below the parking area of Oxbow Inc.)
• 2   American Redstart (Heard calling from the wooded area before arriving at the I-275 bridge abutment and near the creek draining Oxbow Inc lake. Many ash trees are dying or dead and opening up the canopy. We did not go back into their area as my daughter had on flip-flops and stinging nettle was all over in there. There were non calling from the I-275 Enterprises lot just under and east of the I-275 bridge.
• 1   Northern Parula (Near the first abutment of the I-275 bridge in the stream draining the Oxbow Inc lake)
• 2   Northern Cardinal
• 5   Indigo Bunting

Date:  Tuesday May 30, 2017 2:08 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Lindsey Walters

37 species (+1 other taxa) total

• 1   Canada Goose
• 1   Mourning Dove
• 1   Killdeer
• 8   Double-crested Cormorant
• 7   Great Blue Heron
• 1   Green Heron
• 3   Turkey Vulture
• 2   Bald Eagle
• 1   Hairy Woodpecker
• 1   Northern Flicker
• 1   American Kestrel
• 1   Willow Flycatcher
• 1   Empidonax sp.
• 1   Great Crested Flycatcher
• 2   Eastern Kingbird
• 3   Warbling Vireo
• 1   Blue Jay
• 2   American Crow
• 12  Tree Swallow
• 2   Carolina Chickadee
• 3   Tufted Titmouse
• 2   House Wren
• 2   Carolina Wren
• 2    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• 6   American Robin
• 1   Gray Catbird
• 1   American Goldfinch
• 1   Field Sparrow
• 13  Song Sparrow
• 1   Yellow-breasted Chat
• 1   Orchard Oriole
• 12  Red-winged Blackbird
• 1   Brown-headed Cowbird
• 2   Common Grackle
• 1   Prothonotary Warbler
• 2   Common Yellowthroat
• 8   Northern Cardinal
• 8   Indigo Bunting

Date:  Sunday May 21, 2017 8:15 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Mike Murphy

39 species total

• 1   Wild Turkey
• 2   Yellow-billed Cuckoo
• 19  Semipalmated Plover
• 2   Killdeer
• 1   Pectoral Sandpiper
• 1   Semipalmated Sandpiper
• 1   Solitary Sandpiper
• 6   Double-crested Cormorant
• 5   Great Blue Heron
• 1   Great Egret
• 3   Green Heron
• 3   Black Vulture
• 6   Bald Eagle
• 1   Eastern Wood-Pewee
• 1   Willow Flycatcher
• 1    Eastern Kingbird
• 1    Warbling Vireo
• 2    Red-eyed Vireo
• 2   Blue Jay
• 3   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• 3   Tree Swallow
• 1   Barn Swallow
• 13  Cliff Swallow
• 1    American Robin
• 1    Gray Catbird
• 2    Cedar Waxwing
• 1    Song Sparrow
• 1    Eastern Towhee
• 1    Yellow-breasted Chat
• 1    Baltimore Oriole
• 3    Red-winged Blackbird
• 2    Prothonotary Warbler
• 1    Kentucky Warbler
• 1    American Redstart
• 1     Prairie Warbler
• 1    Summer Tanager
• 8    Scarlet Tanager
• 2    Northern Cardinal
• 1    Indigo Bunting

Date:  Friday May 19, 2017 7:48 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Bob Decker

53 species total

• 87  Canada Goose
• 4    Wood Duck
• 11   Mallard
• 8    Mourning Dove
• 1    Yellow-billed Cuckoo
• 1    Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• 13   Semipalmated Plover
• 1    Killdeer
• 5    Spotted Sandpiper
• 9    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Green Heron
• 2    Turkey Vulture
• 1    Red-tailed Hawk
• 1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 2    Northern Flicker
• 1    Alder Flycatcher
• 4    Willow Flycatcher
• 4    Eastern Kingbird
• 1    Yellow-throated Vireo
• 8    Warbling Vireo (Eastern)
• 2    Blue Jay
• 3    American Crow
• 3    Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• 8    Tree Swallow
• 2    Cliff Swallow
• 2    Tufted Titmouse
• 5    House Wren
• 7    Carolina Wren
• 8    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• 17   American Robin
• 2    Gray Catbird
• 1    Brown Thrasher
• 25   European Starling
• 8    Cedar Waxwing
• 7    American Goldfinch
• 25   Song Sparrow
• 1    Eastern Towhee
• 2    Yellow-breasted Chat
• 1    Orchard Oriole
• 3    Baltimore Oriole
• 25   Red-winged Blackbird
• 6    Brown-headed Cowbird
• 5    Common Grackle
• 1    Black-and-white Warbler
• 6    Prothonotary Warbler
• 4    Common Yellowthroat
• 1    American Redstart
• 1    Northern Parula
• 2    Yellow Warbler
• 1    Blackpoll Warbler
• 2    Northern Cardinal
• 1    Rose-breasted Grosbeak
• 5    Indigo Bunting

Date:  Saturday May 13, 2017 2:00 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Party Size:  3

Reporters:  Bill Zimmerman , Brian Wulker

49 species total

• 8    Chimney Swift
• 1    Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• 2    Killdeer
• 20  Double-crested Cormorant
• 3    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Black-crowned Night-Heron
• 3    Black Vulture
• 10  Turkey Vulture
• 2    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1    Northern Flicker
• 1    Willow Flycatcher
• 2    Eastern Kingbird
• 3    Warbling Vireo
• 10  Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• 10  Tree Swallow
• 4    Bank Swallow
• 12  Barn Swallow
• 5    Carolina Chickadee
• 3    Tufted Titmouse
• 3    House Wren
• 2    Carolina Wren
• 2    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• 2    Eastern Bluebird
• 1    Swainson's Thrush
• 12  American Robin
• 5    Gray Catbird
• 1    Brown Thrasher
• 1    Northern Mockingbird
• 20  European Starling
• 6   Cedar Waxwing
• 6   American Goldfinch
• 5   Field Sparrow
• 2   Song Sparrow
• 4    Eastern Towhee
• 1    Yellow-breasted Chat
• 3    Orchard Oriole
• 3    Baltimore Oriole
• 12   Red-winged Blackbird
• 7    Brown-headed Cowbird
• 4    Common Grackle
• 1    Northern Waterthrush
• 2    Prothonotary Warbler
• 4    Common Yellowthroat
• 2    Northern Parula
• 5    Yellow Warbler
• 2    Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 1    Yellow-throated Warbler
• 6     Northern Cardinal
• 6     Indigo Bunting

Date:  Saturday May 13, 2017 1:00 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jack Stenger

Species

1 species total

• 1    Black-crowned Night-Heron

Date:  Saturday May 06, 2017 11:26 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Party Size:  8

Reporter:  Jack Stenger

47 species total

• 15   Canada Goose
• 2    Mourning Dove
• 1    Killdeer
• 1    Spotted Sandpiper
• 2    Solitary Sandpiper
• 4    Great Blue Heron
• 3    Great Egret
• 3     Green Heron
• 5    Black Vulture
• 10   Turkey Vulture
• 3    Cooper's Hawk
• 1    Bald Eagle
• 2    Red-tailed Hawk
• 1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1    Eastern Kingbird
• 1    Yellow-throated Vireo
• 1    Warbling Vireo
• 1    Red-eyed Vireo
• 1    Blue Jay
• 4    American Crow
• 20  Tree Swallow
• 8    Barn Swallow
• 2    Carolina Chickadee (Visiting Probable Nest Site)
• 2    House Wren
• 1    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• 15   American Robin
• 35   European Starling
• 2    House Finch
• 5    American Goldfinch
• 4    White-crowned Sparrow
• 1    Savannah Sparrow
• 5    Song Sparrow
• 2    Yellow-breasted Chat
• 1    Orchard Oriole
• 2    Baltimore Oriole
• 15   Red-winged Blackbird
• 9    Common Grackle
• 1    Northern Waterthrush
• 7    Prothonotary Warbler
• 6    Common Yellowthroat
• 2    American Redstart
• 1    Northern Parula
• 5    Yellow Warbler
• 8    Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
• 5    Northern Cardinal
• 8    Indigo Bunting
• 2    House Sparrow

Date:  Wednesday May 03, 2017 9:46 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Dale Koeneman

7 species total

• 2    Double-crested Cormorant
• 5    Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• 2    Tree Swallow
• 1    Gray Catbird
• X    European Starling
• 4    American Goldfinch
• 6    White-crowned Sparrow

Date:  Tuesday May 02, 2017 7:34 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Recorder:  Jack Stenger

41 species total

• 30   Canada Goose
• 2    Wood Duck
• 9    Spotted Sandpiper
• 4    Double-crested Cormorant
• 7    Great Blue Heron
• 2    Black Vulture
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 1    Eastern Wood-Pewee
• 2    Eastern Kingbird
• 2    Warbling Vireo
• 1    Red-eyed Vireo
• 1    American Crow
• 35   Tree Swallow
• 15   Barn Swallow
• 2    Carolina Chickadee
• 2    Tufted Titmouse
• 1    White-breasted Nuthatch
• 3     House Wren
• 1    Carolina Wren
• 3    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• 12   American Robin
• 25   European Starling
• 1    House Finch
• 7    American Goldfinch
• 2    White-crowned Sparrow
• 1    Savannah Sparrow
• 7    Song Sparrow
• 1    Yellow-breasted Chat
• 1    Orchard Oriole
• 1    Baltimore Oriole
• 15   Red-winged Blackbird
• 1    Brown-headed Cowbird
• 6    Common Grackle
• 1    Northern Waterthrush
• 1    Black-and-white Warbler
• 4    Prothonotary Warbler
• 9    Common Yellowthroat
• 6    Yellow Warbler
• 1    Blackpoll Warbler
• 5    Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 10   Northern Cardinal

Date:  Monday May 01, 2017 1:15 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jack Stenger

35 species (+1 other taxa) total

• 10    Canada Goose
• 3     Semipalmated Plover
• 1    Killdeer
• 7    Spotted Sandpiper
• 10   Double-crested Cormorant
• 10   Great Blue Heron
• 9    Great Egret
• 3    Black Vulture
• 6    Turkey Vulture
• 1    Red-tailed Hawk
• 1    Peregrine Falcon
• 1    Eastern Kingbird
• 6    American Crow
• 10   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• 15   Tree Swallow
• 5     Barn Swallow
• 10   Cliff Swallow
• 50   swallow sp.
• 1    Carolina Wren
• 2    Gray-cheeked Thrush (In road at entrance)
• 7    American Robin
• 1    Gray Catbird
• 10   European Starling
• 1    House Finch
• 3    Song Sparrow
• 1    Yellow-breasted Chat
• 1    Baltimore Oriole
• 10   Red-winged Blackbird
• 2    Brown-headed Cowbird
• 6    Common Grackle
• 2    Prothonotary Warbler
• 1    Common Yellowthroat
• 1    American Redstart
• 2    Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 6    Northern Cardinal
• 2    Indigo Bunting

Date:  Wednesday Apr 26, 2017 6:57 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jack Stenger

5 species total

• 5    Wood Duck
• 6    Blue-winged Teal
• 1    Greater Yellowlegs
• 2    Lesser Yellowlegs
• 7    Prothonotary Warbler

Date:  Tuesday Apr 25, 2017 9:40 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  J W Rettig

22 species total

Comments:  Clear, 63

• 16   Canada Goose
• 3    Mourning Dove
• 1    Killdeer
• 9    Double-crested Cormorant
• 4    Great Blue Heron
• 7    Great Egret
• 1    Eastern Kingbird
• 3    Warbling Vireo
• 2    American Crow
• 8    Tree Swallow
• 2    Tufted Titmouse
• 6    American Robin
• 5    European Starling
• 7    American Goldfinch
• 2    Song Sparrow
• 1    Orchard Oriole
• 12   Red-winged Blackbird
• 2    Brown-headed Cowbird
• 2    Common Grackle
• 1    Common Yellowthroat
• 2    Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 4    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Sunday Apr 23, 2017 1:14 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:   Jack Stenger

35 species total

• 2    Wood Duck
• 1    Killdeer
• 2    Dunlin
• 1    Spotted Sandpiper
• 2    Solitary Sandpiper
• 22   Double-crested Cormorant
• 53   Great Blue Heron
• 6    Turkey Vulture
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 1    Peregrine Falcon
• 2    Eastern Kingbird
• 3    Warbling Vireo
• 2    American Crow
• 5    Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• 4    Purple Martin
• 20   Tree Swallow
• 4    Barn Swallow
• 1    Carolina Chickadee
• 3    Tufted Titmouse
• 1    Carolina Wren
• 3    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• 10   American Robin
• 15   European Starling
• 1    House Finch
• 1    American Goldfinch
• 2    Field Sparrow
• 2    White-crowned Sparrow
• 3    Song Sparrow
• 15   Red-winged Blackbird
• 4    Brown-headed Cowbird
• 3    Prothonotary Warbler
• 2    Palm Warbler
• 4    Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
• 5    Northern Cardinal
• 3    House Sparrow

Date:  Friday April 21, 2017 11:20 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Dale Koeneman

5 species total

• 3    Great Blue Heron
• X    American Robin
• 1    Northern Mockingbird
• 1    Palm Warbler
• X    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Tuesday April 18, 2017 6:08 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jack Stenger

18 species total

• 2    Canada Goose
• 33   Blue-winged Teal
• 3    American Coot
• 1    Double-crested Cormorant
• 3    Great Blue Heron
• 2    Northern Flicker
• 2    Warbling Vireo
• 5    Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• 10   Tree Swallow
• 1     Carolina Wren
• 4     Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• 5     American Robin
• 5     American Goldfinch
• 1     Song Sparrow
• 6     Red-winged Blackbird
• 1     Common Grackle
• 1    Prothonotary Warbler
• 3    Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

Date:  Wednesday April 12, 2017 1:00 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Bob Decker

28 species total

• 9    Canada Goose
• 2    Northern Shoveler
• 19   Ring-necked Duck
• 1    Mourning Dove
• 2    American Coot
• 8    Double-crested Cormorant
• 2    Great Blue Heron
• 5    Turkey Vulture
• 1    Bald Eagle
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 2    Pileated Woodpecker
• 3    Blue Jay
• 4    American Crow
• 6    Tree Swallow
• 3    Carolina Chickadee
• 5    Tufted Titmouse
• 1    Carolina Wren
• 8    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• 7    American Robin
• 5    European Starling
• 16   Song Sparrow
• 2     Eastern Towhee
• 5     Red-winged Blackbird
• 2     Brown-headed Cowbird
• 1    Common Grackle
• 1    Northern Parula
• 13   Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 6    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Saturday April 08, 2017 6:05 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jack Stenger

18 species total

• 65   Canada Goose
• 4    Mourning Dove
• 1    Lesser Yellowlegs
• 5    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Turkey Vulture
• 4    Bald Eagle
• 4    Northern Flicker
• 1    Blue Jay
• 3    American Crow
• 1    Carolina Chickadee
• 1    Tufted Titmouse
• 2    Northern Mockingbird
• 15   European Starling
• 5    Song Sparrow
• 12   Red-winged Blackbird
• 2    Common Grackle
• 2    Northern Cardinal
• 3    House Sparrow

Date:  Saturday April 08, 2017 6:05 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jay Stenger

22 species total

• 65   Canada Goose
• 2    Mallard
• 4    Mourning Dove
• 1    Lesser Yellowlegs
• 5    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Turkey Vulture
• 4    Bald Eagle
• 4    Northern Flicker
• 1    Blue Jay
• 3    American Crow
• 2    Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• 6    Tree Swallow
• 1    Carolina Chickadee
• 1    Tufted Titmouse
• 1    Carolina Wren
• 4    American Robin
• 2    Northern Mockingbird
• 10   European Starling
• 2    Song Sparrow
• 8    Red-winged Blackbird
• 2    Common Grackle
• 2    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Sunday April 02, 2017 10:30 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Brian Wulker

17 species total

• 6    Canada Goose
• 3    Killdeer
• 1    Greater Yellowlegs
• 1    Lesser Yellowlegs
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 2    Northern Flicker
• 1    Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• 20   Tree Swallow
• 3    Carolina Chickadee
• 1    Tufted Titmouse
• 20   American Robin
• 1    White-throated Sparrow
• 1    Song Sparrow
• 8    Red-winged Blackbird
• 3    Common Grackle
• 1    Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 4    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Saturday April 01, 2017 4:00 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Sandra Keller

15 species total

Comments:  Mom and I walking the area. Overcast, 50 degrees. The area was flooded.

• 5    American Coot (Red-shielded) - They kept together.
• 1    Turkey Vulture
• 2    Belted Kingfisher
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 1    Blue Jay
• 1    American Crow
• 4    Carolina Chickadee
• 1    Tufted Titmouse
• 1    White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)
• 3    Carolina Wren
• 3    American Robin
• 2    European Starling
• 1    Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
• 1    Song Sparrow
• 2    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Tuesday March 28, 2017 5:16 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  William Hull

29 species total

• 2    Canada Goose
• 4    Mallard
• 9    Ring-necked Duck
• 1    Pied-billed Grebe
• 2    Mourning Dove
• 6    American Coot
• 2    Killdeer
• 1    Ring-billed Gull
• 21   Double-crested Cormorant
• 1    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Black Vulture
• 3    Turkey Vulture
• 1    Northern Harrier
• 3    Downy Woodpecker
• 1    Northern Flicker
• 3    American Crow
• 8    Tree Swallow
• 4    Carolina Chickadee
• 1    Tufted Titmouse
• 2    Carolina Wren
• 8    American Robin
• 3    European Starling
• 1    American Goldfinch
• 5    White-throated Sparrow
• 1    Song Sparrow
• 8    Red-winged Blackbird
• 2    Common Grackle
• 3    Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 5    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Saturday March 25, 2017 7:37 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Bob Decker

28 species total

• 21   Canada Goose
• 6    Blue-winged Teal
• 4    Mallard
• 15   Green-winged Teal
• 2    Hooded Merganser
• 6    Pied-billed Grebe
• 2    Mourning Dove
• 3    Killdeer
• 24   Double-crested Cormorant
• 7    Great Blue Heron
• 2    Turkey Vulture
• 5    Bald Eagle (3 mature with two of them paired up and 2 juveniles)
• 1    Belted Kingfisher
• 1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 2    American Crow
• 10   Tree Swallow
• 11   Carolina Chickadee
• 15   Tufted Titmouse
• 1    White-breasted Nuthatch
• 1    Carolina Wren
• 15   American Robin
• 9    European Starling
• 4    American Goldfinch
• 3    White-crowned Sparrow
• 9    Song Sparrow
• 8    Red-winged Blackbird
• 3    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Friday March 24, 2017 1:59 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jack Stenger

24 species total

• 40   Canada Goose
• 94   Green-winged Teal
• 58   Ring-necked Duck
• 2    Pied-billed Grebe
• 5    Mourning Dove
• 1    American Coot
• 1    Killdeer
• 14   Double-crested Cormorant
• 1    Great Blue Heron
• 8    Turkey Vulture
• 3    Bald Eagle
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 1    Northern Flicker
• 9    American Crow
• 18   Tree Swallow
• 4    Carolina Chickadee
• 3    Tufted Titmouse
• 2    Carolina Wren
• 21   American Robin
• 50   European Starling
• 6    Song Sparrow
• 1    Eastern Towhee
• 3    Red-winged Blackbird
• 4    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Tuesday March 21, 2017 5:20 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  William Hull

32 species total

• 8    Canada Goose
• 2    Wood Duck
• 2    Blue-winged Teal
• 37   Northern Shoveler
• 141  Green-winged Teal
• 9    Ring-necked Duck
• 4    Hooded Merganser
• 1    Ruddy Duck
• 4    Pied-billed Grebe
• 3    Horned Grebe
• 3    Mourning Dove
• 16   American Coot
• 8    Killdeer
• 8    Double-crested Cormorant
• 8    Great Blue Heron 
• 6    Black Vulture
• 16   Turkey Vulture
• 5    Bald Eagle
• 1    Red-tailed Hawk
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 1    Northern Flicker
• 2    American Crow
• 1    Horned Lark
• 12   Tree Swallow
• 2    Carolina Chickadee
• 2    Carolina Wren
• 1    American Robin
• 8    European Starling
• 2    Song Sparrow
• 4    Red-winged Blackbird
• 2    Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 2    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Sunday March 19, 2017 2:45 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jay Stenger

8 species total

• 20   Gadwall
• 80   Ring-necked Duck
• 4    Lesser Scaup
• 4    American Coot
• 8    Ring-billed Gull
• 1    Herring Gull
• 22   Great Blue Heron
• 1    American Kestrel

Date:  Friday March 17, 2017 5:08 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jack Stenger

19 species total

• 15   Canada Goose
• 66   Ring-necked Duck
• 6    Hooded Merganser
• 3    Pied-billed Grebe
• 2    American Coot
• 2    Killdeer
• 9    Wilson's Snipe
• 24   Double-crested Cormorant
• 4    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Bald Eagle
• 1    Red-tailed Hawk
• 1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1    Carolina Wren
• 45   American Robin
• 175  European Starling
• 8    Song Sparrow
• 1    Swamp Sparrow
• 22   Red-winged Blackbird
• 7    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Tuesday March 14, 2017 11:47 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Dale Koeneman

10 species total

• 4    Canada Goose
• 7    American Coot
• 5    Killdeer
• 5    Great Blue Heron
• 4    American Crow
• 2    Horned Lark
• 2    Carolina Chickadee
• 1    Tufted Titmouse
• 31   American Robin
• 4    American Pipit

Date:  Tuesday February 28, 2017 5:10 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  William Hull

16 species total

• 1    Wood Duck
• 8    Northern Shoveler
• 2    Mourning Dove
• 25   American Coot
• 2    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Red-shouldered Hawk
• 2    Belted Kingfisher
• 4    Carolina Chickadee
• 2    Tufted Titmouse
• 2    White-breasted Nuthatch
• 1    Carolina Wren
• 6    American Robin
• 15   European Starling
• 35   Red-winged Blackbird
• 70   Common Grackle
• 1    Yellow-rumped Warbler

Date:  Sunday February 26, 2017 1:58 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Lindsey Walters

21 species total

• 63   Canada Goose
• 3     Mallard
• 17   American Coot
• 3    Ring-billed Gull
• 8    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Turkey Vulture
• 1    Bald Eagle
• 2    Red-tailed Hawk
• 2    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 3    American Crow
• 6    Carolina Chickadee
• 1    Tufted Titmouse
• 1    White-breasted Nuthatch
• 1    Brown Creeper
• 4    Carolina Wren
• 27   American Robin
• 1    European Starling
• 1    White-crowned Sparrow
• 10   Song Sparrow
• 4    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Saturday February 25, 2017 7:55 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter: Jack Stenger

30 species total

• 70   Canada Goose
• 1    Northern Shoveler
• 9    Gadwall
• 12   Mallard
• 4    American Black Duck
• 4    Northern Pintail
• 55   Green-winged Teal
• 1    Redhead
• 5    Ring-necked Duck
• 1    Lesser Scaup
• 1    Hooded Merganser
• 1    Pied-billed Grebe
• 3    Mourning Dove
• 10   American Coot
• 1    Killdeer
• 2    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Red-tailed Hawk
• 1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 2    Downy Woodpecker
• 10   American Crow
• 3    Horned Lark
• 3    Carolina Chickadee
• 2    Carolina Wren
• 50   American Robin
• 450  European Starling
• 10   Song Sparrow
• 2    Swamp Sparrow
• 20   Red-winged Blackbird
• 2     Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 5    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Friday February 24, 2017 3:34 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jack Stenger

18 species (+1 other taxa) total

• 120  Canada Goose
• 1    Ring-necked Duck
• 3    Greater/Lesser Scaup
• 2    Pied-billed Grebe
• 15   American Coot
• 5    Killdeer
• 5    Great Blue Heron
• 7    Turkey Vulture
• 5    American Crow
• 1    Carolina Chickadee
• 1    Tufted Titmouse
• 2    Carolina Wren
• 18   American Robin
• 5    European Starling
• 4    Song Sparrow
• 35   Red-winged Blackbird
• 2    Brown-headed Cowbird
• 2    Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 7    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Friday February 24, 2017 9:03 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Bob Decker

28 species total

• 143  Canada Goose
• 6    Northern Shoveler
• 3    Mallard
• 3    Greater Scaup
• 3    Pied-billed Grebe
• 5    Mourning Dove
• 11   American Coot
• 7    Killdeer
• 5    Great Blue Heron
• 3    Turkey Vulture
• 1    Northern Harrier
• 1    Bald Eagle
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 3    American Crow
• 5    Carolina Chickadee
• 8    Tufted Titmouse
• 2    White-breasted Nuthatch
• 6    Carolina Wren
• 26   American Robin
• 138  European Starling
• 1    Field Sparrow
• 9    White-crowned Sparrow
• 2    White-throated Sparrow
• 9    Song Sparrow
• 16   Red-winged Blackbird
• 1    Common Grackle
• 3    Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
• 2    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Tuesday February 21, 2017 5:05 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  William Hull

29 species total

• 85   Canada Goose
• 2     Gadwall
• 95   Mallard
• 6    American Black Duck
• 120  Green-winged Teal (There are actually less now than there was two days ago)
• 2    Pied-billed Grebe
• 1    Horned Grebe
• 2    Mourning Dove
• 12   American Coot
• 3    Killdeer
• 16   Great Blue Heron
• 1    Belted Kingfisher
• 1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 3    Downy Woodpecker
• 6    Carolina Chickadee
• 4    Tufted Titmouse
• 2     White-breasted Nuthatch
• 1     Winter Wren
• 2    Carolina Wren
• 1    Golden-crowned Kinglet
• 6    American Robin
• 15   European Starling
• 12   American Tree Sparrow
• 4    Song Sparrow
• 150  Red-winged Blackbird
• 30   Rusty Blackbird
• 300  Common Grackle
• 7    Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 2    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Sunday February 19, 2017 6:05 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jack Stenger

28 species total

• 35   Canada Goose
• 10   Northern Shoveler
• 25   Gadwall
• 4    American Wigeon
• 205 Mallard
• 64   American Black Duck (Individually counted. All in view at once)
• 5    Northern Pintail
• 12   Green-winged Teal - Maybe double this, flock partially obstructed
• 1    Ring-necked Duck
• 11   Hooded Merganser
• 8    Mourning Dove
• 7    American Coot
• 4    Killdeer
• 8    American Woodcock - Displaying
• 7    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Red-tailed Hawk
• 2    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 3    Carolina Chickadee
• 1    Carolina Wren
• 5    American Robin
• 80   European Starling
• 1    White-crowned Sparrow
• 10   Song Sparrow
• 2    Swamp Sparrow
• 200 Red-winged Blackbird
• 50   Brown-headed Cowbird
• 400 Common Grackle

Date:  Sunday February 19, 2017 9:43 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Party Size:  2

Reporters:  Brian Wulker , William Hull

35 species total

• 27   Canada Goose
• 1    Blue-winged Teal
• 1    Northern Shoveler
• 16   Gadwall
• 1    American Wigeon
• 150 Mallard
• 45   American Black Duck
• 12   Northern Pintail
• 170  Green-winged Teal
• 12   Hooded Merganser
• 1    Horned Grebe
• 2    Mourning Dove
• 7    American Coot

• 2    Killdeer
• 7    Ring-billed Gull
• 12   Great Blue Heron
• 1    Red-tailed Hawk
• 1    Belted Kingfisher
• 1    Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• 3    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 2    Downy Woodpecker
• 1    Pileated Woodpecker
• 3    Blue Jay
• 5    American Crow
• 2    Horned Lark
• 8    Carolina Chickadee
• 5    Tufted Titmouse
• 4    Carolina Wren
• 35   European Starling
• 4    American Tree Sparrow
• 6    White-crowned Sparrow
• 13   Song Sparrow
• 6    Red-winged Blackbird
• 23   Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
• 8    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Friday February 17, 2017 4:44 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jack Stenger

24 species total

• 55   Canada Goose
• 5    Northern Shoveler
• 22   Gadwall
• 5    Mallard
• 42   Northern Pintail (It's unusual that this is the most common duck)
• 13   Hooded Merganser
• 11   Mourning Dove
• 6    Ring-billed Gull
• 4    Great Blue Heron
• 20   Turkey Vulture
• 1    Bald Eagle
• 1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 7    Carolina Chickadee
• 2    Tufted Titmouse
• 1    Carolina Wren
• 35   American Robin
• 50   European Starling
• 3    House Finch
• 8    Song Sparrow
• 20   Red-winged Blackbird
• 1    Common Grackle
• 6    Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 2    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Wednesday February 15, 2017 8:38 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  J W Rettig

14 species (+1 other taxa) total

Comments:  Clear, 38, construction

• 28   Canada Goose
• 2    Northern Shoveler
• 7    Mallard
• 75   Green-winged Teal - Small original flock attracted 60 more.
• 10   teal sp.
• 8    Redhead
• 1    Pied-billed Grebe
• 1    Killdeer
• 2    Great Blue Heron
• 3    American Crow
• 2    Carolina Chickadee
• 3    Tufted Titmouse
• 4    Carolina Wren
• 2    American Tree Sparrow
• 2    Song Sparrow

Date:  Tuesday February 14, 2017 5:30 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  William Hull

17 species total

• 13   Canada Goose
• 1     Blue-winged Teal - Male; White facial crescent and white lateral rump patch clearly visible.
• 30  Gadwall
• 10  American Wigeon
• 250 Mallard
• 30  American Black Duck
• 8    Northern Pintail
• 4    Green-winged Teal
• 1    Redhead
• 12  Hooded Merganser
• 1    Pied-billed Grebe
• 6    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Belted Kingfisher
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 6    Carolina Chickadee
• 1    Tufted Titmouse
• 1    Red-winged Blackbird

Date:  Saturday February 11, 2017 3:59 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Dale Koeneman

2 species total

• 6    Canada Goose
• 2    Great Blue Heron

Date:  Saturday February 11, 2017 2:22 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Lindsey Walters

21 species total

• 44   Canada Goose
• 4    Mallard
• 3    Hooded Merganser
• 2    Mourning Dove
• 5    American Coot
• 9    Ring-billed Gull
• 3    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Turkey Vulture
• 1    Bald Eagle
• 1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 1    American Kestrel
• 4    American Crow
• 5    Carolina Chickadee
• 1    White-breasted Nuthatch
• 3    Carolina Wren
• 2    European Starling
• 4    Field Sparrow
• 5    Song Sparrow
• 2    Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 3    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Tuesday February 07, 2017 5:05 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporters:  David Rudemiller, Katie Burnside

6 species total

• 18   Canada Goose
• 15   Hooded Merganser
• 2    Pied-billed Grebe
• 5    American Coot
• 4    Great Blue Heron
• 3    Yellow-rumped Warbler

Date:  Tuesday Febtruary 07, 2017 9:56 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Bob Decker

19 species total

• 71   Canada Goose
• 16   Gadwall
• 37   Mallard
• 2    Ring-necked Duck
• 10   Hooded Merganser
• 2    Mourning Dove
• 4    American Coot
• 1    Killdeer
• 1    Ring-billed Gull
• 6    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Red-tailed Hawk
• 1    Northern Flicker
• 3    American Crow
• 1    Carolina Chickadee
• 3    Carolina Wren
• 7    European Starling
• 3    Song Sparrow
• 3    Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 3    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Sunday February 05, 2017 12:05 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Brian Wulker

12 species total

• 60   Canada Goose
• 30   Northern Shoveler
• 15   Gadwall
• 60   Mallard
• 4    American Black Duck
• 4    Hooded Merganser
• 4    American Coot
• 50   Ring-billed Gull
• 1    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Black Vulture
• 12   American Crow
• 1    Carolina Chickadee

Date:  Saturday January 21, 2017 1:15 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Steve Pelikan

26 species total

Comments:  64F, 10/10, calm. High water.

• 5    Canada Goose
• 2    Mallard
• 5    Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
• 2    Mourning Dove
• 1    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Red-tailed Hawk
• 1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 3    Downy Woodpecker
• 1    Northern Flicker
• 1    American Kestrel
• 2    Blue Jay
• 4    American Crow
• 3    Carolina Chickadee
• 2    Tufted Titmouse
• 1    White-breasted Nuthatch
• 1    Carolina Wren
• 6    American Robin
• 25   European Starling
• 5    House Finch
• 1    Purple Finch
• 3    American Goldfinch
• 4    White-throated Sparrow
• 6    Song Sparrow
• 3    Red-winged Blackbird
• 2    Northern Cardinal
• 12   House Sparrow

Date:  Friday January 20, 2017 5:31 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jack Stenger

7 species total

• 90   Canada Goose
• 9    Northern Shoveler
• 3    Gadwall
• 10   Mallard
• 12   American Black Duck
• 45   European Starling
• 30   Brown-headed Cowbird

Date:  Monday January 16, 2017 8:52 AM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Bob Decker

27 species total

• 1      Snow Goose
• 1020 Canada Goose
• 8     Northern Shoveler
• 47    Gadwall
• 63   Mallard
• 2    American Black Duck
• 2    Mourning Dove
• 3    Ring-billed Gull
• 2    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Bald Eagle
• 1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 2    Downy Woodpecker
• 1    Hairy Woodpecker
• 7    Northern Flicker
• 1    American Kestrel
• 2     Blue Jay
• 11   American Crow
• 4    Carolina Chickadee
• 2    Tufted Titmouse
• 1    White-breasted Nuthatch
• 2    Carolina Wren
• 1    Northern Mockingbird
• 5    European Starling
• 11   White-crowned Sparrow
• 3    White-throated Sparrow
• 2    Song Sparrow
• 9    Northern Cardinal

Date:  Sunday January 15, 2017 3:40 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jack Stenger

20 species total

• 250  Canada Goose
• 25    Gadwall
• 2     American Wigeon
• 150  Mallard
• 15    American Black Duck
• 4    Ring-billed Gull
• 2    Great Blue Heron
• 1    Bald Eagle
• 1    Red-tailed Hawk
• 1    Downy Woodpecker
• 3    Northern Flicker
• 1    American Kestrel
• 2    Carolina Chickadee
• 1    Tufted Titmouse
• 175 European Starling
• 1    House Finch
• 1    American Goldfinch
• 2    American Tree Sparrow
• 1    Song Sparrow
• 1    Yellow-rumped Warbler

Date:  Thursday January 05, 2017 5:13 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jack Stenger

12 species total

• 150  Canada Goose
• 3     Mallard
• 5     American Black Duck
• 6     Hooded Merganser
• 1     Great Blue Heron
• 1     Carolina Wren
• 5     American Robin (Flyover (Observed))
• 9     European Starling
• 7     Song Sparrow
• 1     Swamp Sparrow
• 12    Yellow-rumped Warbler - Normal count for here
• 5     Northern Cardinal

Date:  Wednesday January 04, 2017 4:35 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:   Jack Stenger

13 species total

• 450  Canada Goose
• 4     Northern Shoveler
• 100  Mallard
• 2     Ring-necked Duck
• 2     Mourning Dove
• 4     Great Blue Heron
• 1     Red-tailed Hawk
• 1     Downy Woodpecker
• 2     Carolina Chickadee
• 1     Carolina Wren
• 25    European Starling
• 1     Yellow-rumped Warbler
• 4     Northern Cardinal

Date:  Monday January 02, 2017 12:16 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jack Stenger

35 species (+1 other taxa) total

• 250  Canada Goose
• 30   Northern Shoveler
• 38   Gadwall
• 650  Mallard
• 25   American Black Duck
• 2     Northern Pintail
• 9     Green-winged Teal
• 1     Greater Scaup
• 1     Greater/Lesser Scaup
• 7     Hooded Merganser
• 2     Mourning Dove
• 2     American Coot
• 8     Ring-billed Gull
• 3     Great Blue Heron
• 1     Cooper's Hawk
• 1     Bald Eagle
• 1     Red-tailed Hawk
• 1     Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1     Downy Woodpecker
• 1     Hairy Woodpecker
• 2     Northern Flicker
• 1     American Kestrel
• 1     Blue Jay
• 10    American Crow
• 5     Carolina Chickadee
• 1     Tufted Titmouse
• 3     Carolina Wren
• 10    American Robin
• 1     Northern Mockingbird
• 50    European Starling
• 2     House Finch
• 2     Fox Sparrow
• 3     White-crowned Sparrow
• 2     Song Sparrow
• 30   Yellow-rumped Warbler - Throughout the border of oxbow lake binging on poison ivy berries
• 5     Northern Cardinal

Date:  Sunday January 01, 2017 3:22 PM

Location:  Oxbow

Reporter:  Jeff Sluder

13 species total

• X    Canada Goose - Lots of them
• 4    Northern Shoveler
• X    Mallard - Over 100
• 4    Hooded Merganser
• 1    American Coot
• 30   Sandhill Crane - 30 plus flying over
• X    Ring-billed Gull
• 12   Great Blue Heron (Blue form)
• 1    Red-shouldered Hawk
• 2    Red-tailed Hawk
• 1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
• X    American Crow - Numerous
• 1    White-breasted Nuthatch