I can't comment on the swans that Pat saw in Perryville today; however, last 
friday, March 10, I counted 1000 Tundra Swns way up in Furnace Bay. 
Furthermore, on Friday March 17. I heard what sounded like hundreds of 
Tundra Swans calling from out on the North East River. It was 4:30 AM so I 
could not see the birds. They were very active. Perhaps they were newly 
arriving birds heading north?

G/B'ing
Chris Starling


>From: Patricia Valdata <>
>Reply-To: Patricia Valdata <>
>To: 
>Subject: [MDOSPREY] swans at Perryville
>Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 19:30:04 -0500
>
>Has anyone else taken a look at the five swans that were in
>Furnace Bay at the Perryville Park today? Their neck
>posture was very straight most of the time, and their bodies
>seemed pretty low in the water. I was not able to get close
>enough to look at the bill color. Could they have been Tundra Swans
>this late?
>
>There were a few Scaup in the water, but that was it for birds.
>Aside from a few crows and starlings, the park was very quiet today.
>
>--Pat
>
>Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
>"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
>and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of 
>gods.
>More than any other thing that pertains to the body
>it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato

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