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Trumpeter Swan #962 returns to Schoolhouse Pond

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Fred Shaffer

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Fred Shaffer

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Wed, 28 May 2008 16:14:02 -0400

After over a three week absence and a trip to Paper Mill Flats, Trumpeter 
Swan #962 has returned to Schoolhouse Pond in Upper Marlboro.  The bird 
must have arrived sometime during the morning.  I didn't see it during my 
morning walk, but noticed it when I returned from a meeting in the afternoon.  
At first, I thought that it was a different swan as I did not see the yellow 
wing tags (sometimes they get obscured by feathers).  However, I used my 
bins to verify that the number on the leg band read 962, confirming that it is 
the same bird.  Until today, the last time I had seen the swan at Schoolhouse 
Pond was May 5th.

Fred Shaffer
Patuxent MOS