There is a possible Trumpeter Swan at Schoolhouse Pond.  Someone in my 
office asked me about it and I got close looks and photographs of the 
bird.  It has bright yellow bands on both wings, and a rusted band around 
one leg.  The number on the yellow bands reads 296 (or 962, depending on 
how you read it).

Field marks include:
Huge size
Feathers come to a point on the top of the bill (forehead)
No yellow on bill
Heavy, sloped forehead.
Some gray/brownish streaking on the head and upper neck

A co-worker has seen the bird in flight.  It is not too skittish of 
humans, and has been hanging around the pier right off Governor Oden Bowie 
Drive.  It has been at the pond the last two days, although somehow I 
missed it during my morning walk (perhaps because it has been staying on 
or near the fishing deck).

Any ideas if this could be one of the birds that DNR was trying to 
establish at Horsehead a few years back?

Fred Shaffer
Patuxent MOS