Hi everyone,

I am posting this for Dave Ziolkowski who was not able to
post this yesterday.

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Dave Larkin discovered two first-winter Trumpeter Swans
today (Sunday) at the Lakeside Business Park in Edgewood,
Harford County.  Dave visits the location every Sunday
so it's evident that the birds arrived sometime between
last Sunday and today.  The birds remained throughout
the day and I visited in the (very windy) afternoon to
take some (shaky) photos and notes.  These can be seen at:
<http://djziolkowski.googlepages.com/lakeside-trumpeter-swan>

Identifying first winter swans is soupy stuff (even
with many great web and print resources out there) so,
although the weight of evidence appears in favor of
Trumpeters here, I welcome well informed comments offline. 

To reach the location from I-95, take the Rt. 24
exit (#77) heading towards Edgewood (i.e., towards the bay).
At the first light turn right onto Edgewood Rd. and
follow this ~0.5 mile before turning right onto Lakeside
Blvd.

Cheers,

Dave

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Dave Ziolkowski Jr.
USGS PWRC, Laurel
dziolkowski at usgs dot gov