Clearly heard the Common Gallinule trumpeting multiple times between 4pm and 8pm from the densest reeds along the southwest edge of the wetland impoundment. Definitely not the coots or grebes doing their spontaneous calls. Other good birds: American Bittern singing, Least Bittern which flushed, Soras whinnying, Virginia Rails calling and running around (photos), Marsh Wren, Common Yellowthroat, late Ring-necked Duck, both teal, Wilson's Snipe, Purple Martin. Only "specialty" bird we missed was King Rail, which we heard yesterday. This was easily the best visit I've ever had at Swan Harbor.
Susquehanna SP was also good this weekend, with Blue-headed/White-eyed Vireos and Prairie/Prothonotary/Black-and-white Warblers as highlights.
Tim Carney & Friends
Baltimore/Anne Arundel
On Sunday, April 21, 2013 11:58:58 AM UTC-4, Kevin Graff wrote:
> Kye jenkins just texted few minutes ago that he found a common gallinule at the marshy impoundment of swan harbor farm. - Kevin Graff
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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