Saundra,
The Mute Swan at Fulton Pond is a pet of the Turkey Farm. Its wings are
clipped. There are several pet Mute Swans in Howard County, 1 at
Beaverbrook, 2 at Turf Valley (they are both females per the permit), 1 off
Carroll Mill Rd (I haven't seen for some time), and the 1 at Fulton Pond.
It is believed that the Mute Swan will keep the geese away. I don't think
it works.
There were 3 Black Swans across from the fair grounds but we haven't seen
them for a long time.
Joe
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Saundra Byrd <byrdwatcher5...>wrote:
> I birded the Browns Bridge area yesterday and on the way i had Mute
> Swan at the Fulton Pond . Ok im sure the answer is not what i want to hear
> but can someone tell me why i cant enter the Swan on Ebird ?
> errereerrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!! Then where is the Swan that is capable of being
> entered on Ebird ?? Really bad subject ! Or is Wild Mute Swan just Obsolete
> ?
> Saundra Byrd
> <byrdwatcher5...>
> baltimore
>
> --- On *Thu, 8/9/12, Michael Bowen <dhmbowen...>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Michael Bowen <dhmbowen...>
> Subject: [MDBirding] Browns Bridge Rd. (Howard County), August 9
> To: <mdbirding...>
> Date: Thursday, August 9, 2012, 4:54 PM
>
> There was a nice selection of shorebirds along the Howard County bank of
> the Patuxent River on Browns Bridge Rd. late this morning, 8/9/12. Many
> Semipalmated Sandpipers, rather fewer Least, 3 Solitary, 4 Pectoral, 5
> Killdeer, a Lesser Yellowlegs, and a bird I am reasonably confident was a
> WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER.
>
> The putative White-rumped was feeding voraciously with Semipalmated
> Sandpipers; it was noticeably larger than they, darker backed, longer
> winged, and with a heavier black bill, slightly down curved, and black
> legs. The breast was diffusely streaked dark, with a small number of
> contrasting and sharply defined black streaks along the white flanks below
> the wings. The bird did not fly at all, so no chance to see a white rump
> was afforded.
>
> I searched my bird books for a picture of a bird that looked very much
> like this one, and I found it on Page 69 of the new (2011 edition) of Kenn
> Kaufman's Field Guide to Advanced Birding.
>
> I birded with Helen Patton and Linda Friedland from Montgomery County. We
> looked for the Western Sandpiper that has been reported several times from
> this location but could not find it. I later spoke to Joe Hanfman by
> phone, and we think that there may have been both a White-rumped and a
> Western Sandpiper present at Brown's Bridge today.
>
> Earlier we had birded the mud flats in Triadelphia Reservoir from vantage
> points at Greenbridge Rd. and Triadelphia Lake Rd., both on the Montgomery
> County side. Many birds there were frustratingly too far away to identify
> confidently, but certainly included Killdeer, Spotted, Pectoral and
> Solitary Sandpipers, several Semipalmated Plovers and lots of "peep." By
> contrast, the birds at Brown's Bridge were much closer and made for more
> satisfying viewing.
>
> No sign of American Avocet anywhere. A few Cliff Swallows still at
> Brighton Dam.
>
> Michael Bowen
> Montgomery Bird Club
> Bethesda, MD
>
> D.H. Michael Bowen
> 8609 Ewing Drive
> Bethesda, MD 20817
> Telephone: (301) 530-5764
> e-mail: dhmbowenATyahooDOTcom
>
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