The swan reported by Gayle Bach-Watson at Little Seneca Lake on December 31 
will very probably be checked out during the Sugarloaf Christmas Bird 
Count, which occurs tomorrow, January 2.  I am not certain that the count 
circle extends to where the swan was seen, but it has to be very 
close.  The sector leaders in the past have been Denise Gibbs and/or Hugh 
Mahanes, and they know which parts of the lake are within or without the 
count circle.  Anyway, I feel sure that someone will be able to check out 
this report in the near future.

I wish I'd seen this Swan when I was out at the lake earlier in the day on 
12/31.  Of course, as Bob Ringler points out, if it is a Trumpeter, we have 
to start speculating where it came from.


Mike Bowen
Bethesda


At 11:44 AM 1/1/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Wonderful birds at Little Seneca, Black Hill Regional Park,
>Montgomery County, but the light was terrible (I got there very late)
>  . . . . . snip . . . . .
>in small cove on the west side
>Trumpeter Swan !! Life bird for me  . . . . . . . .
>
>Rev. Gayle Bach-Watson, UCC
>4405 Molesworth Terrace,
>Mt. Airy, Maryland  USA
>Home: 301-831-3874
>Cell: 301-367-9306
>
>I

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