In a message dated 3/21/2007 11:02:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
 writes:

I  stepped out of the house at 9.15pm last night (20th March) to get  
something from the car and immediately heard the sound of a group of  
schoolchildren playing in the distance - Tundra  Swans. 


Gary,
 This struck me as very humorous, hearing the sound of schoolchildren  
playing in the distance. For the longest time while birding at Blue Mash in  spring 
on weekends, this time of year, I would hear what I swore were Tundra  Swans 
somewhere in the sky, whooping. It was only after this happened more than  once 
without my seeing any swans that I realized it was indeed the sound of  
children. There is a huge soccerplex within "shouting distance" of Blue Mash,  and 
in the quiet early hours on Saturdays their shouts would carry all the way  to 
Blue Mash!
 
Nice sighting!
 
Rick Sussman
Ashton,MD




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