Oxbow, Inc.
Protecting and Preserving Wetlands
Recent Sightings in the Oxbow - 2019
Date: Sunday, January 24, 2019 8:00 AM - Noon
Location: Flooded field east of the Oxbow (between the Oxbow and Lost Bridge) and the field immediately south of the water plant on Kilby Road
Oxbow's field trip led by Gary Stegner with 6 participants. Reporter: Katie Grigsby
Conditions: floodwaters and 30 MPH winds
29 species total
Here's what they saw:
23 Canada Goose
18 White Fronted Geese
31 Buffleheads
2 Canvasbacks
14 Common Goldeneye
3 Gadwall
21 Greater Scaup
6 Mallards
74 Northern Pintail
1 Northern Shoveler
117 Redheads
20 Ring-necked Ducks
2 Great Blue Herons
200 Ring Billed gulls
6 turkey Vultures
14 Bald Eagles
2 Red Tailed hawks
3 American Kestrels
1 Downey woodpecker
2 Red bellied woodpeckers
10 American robins
2 Tufted titmice
1 Brown Creeper
3 Carolina Chickadees
1 White breasted nuthatch
2 Carolina wrens
5 Song sparrows
2 White throated sparrows
9 Mourning doves
Date: Sunday, January 6, 2019 8:28 AM
Location: Oxbow
Reporter: Katie Grigsby
21 species total
Comments:
Made it from the north entrance to about halfway to Osprey Lake before the flooding was too deep for my boots. Picked up some trash that had washed up in the flooding. Saw a dumpster cat jump out of the dumpster when I pulled up.
49 Canada Goose
2 Mallard
2 Great Blue Heron
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Downy Woodpecker
10 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
6 American Crow
2 Carolina Chickadee
6 Tufted Titmouse
2 Carolina Wren
2 Golden-crowned Kinglet
16 American Robin
2 Northern Mockingbird
12 European Starling
6 American Goldfinch
2 White-crowned Sparrow
7 Song Sparrow
1 Red-winged Blackbird
4 Yellow-rumped Warbler
6 Northern Cardinal