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The French Basin Trail in Annapolis was extremely active this evening (Sunday). Most notable: - a glossy ibis on one of the islands - 8 male (and 1 female) wood ducks in the adjacent sewage lagoon - hopefully some of the other females were in the four nest boxes installed this year. - 4 fox cubs - on the same embankment where there was a den a couple of years ago - but a little further to the northwest - den entrance clearly visible from trail) - no sign of parents. Cubs completely oblivious to us only 20 feet or so away. - pair of Canada Geese crossed the trail with 6 goslings in tow and swam off into the pond (at least two other pairs still nesting on the islands) - several pairs of ring-necked ducks - green winged teal (male) - dozen or so cormorants (DC), one on the nearby salt marsh which appeared to be injured - unable to fly but scrambled towards the water - a pied-bill grebe; there is also a reliable report of a floating (anchored) nest with an adult sitting on it, but I didn't see that. - hundreds of tree swallows on the wing and three or four dozen perched on an old dead tree overhanging the water (Hitchcock would have loved it!) - a dozen or so buffleheads - red winged blackbirds and grackles - lots - a beaver has been attacking many of the trees around the trail. - 3 muskrats - and a deer was beside the highway close to the entrance. A visitor from Halifax who walked the trail with us was impressed with all the natural activity in and around the marsh - "This place is amazing!!!!" he exclaimed. Jon Percy Granville Ferry
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