Hi everyone,

I spent an hour or so at Swan Harbor Farm's marsh area this morning.  The
water level was noticeably lower than it was just last week.  I did see the
usual suspects there:

  Great egret-1, standing on one of the nest box thingies the whole time I
was there

  Snowy egret-1

  Great Blue Heron-1, flew away as I set up my camera

  Green Heron-2

  Yellowlegs, probably all lesser- about 20.  I didn't get a close enough
look at any of them to tell which were greater and which were lesser.

  Least sandpipers- about 15.

  Semipalm plover- several.  A photo of one is here:
http://monroe.20m.com/plover.htm

  Mourning Dove- About 20, on the wires along the road

  Mallard (and possibly other types; I couldn't get close enough to tell)-
about 40 took off as I approached the marsh.

  And this mystery bird that I cannot identify:
http://monroe.20m.com/swanmystery.htm

I did not see any of the many barn/bank/tree swallows that normally hang out
on the wires.  There were a few flying around the marsh, though.
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Monroe Harden
Havre de Grace, MD