The 2 Trumpeter Swans are present at 10:00 am. 
 
Joe Byrnes 
Jeff Culler 
Joe Hanfman 
Howard County Bird Club 
 
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-----Original Message----- 
From:         PETER OSENTON <> 
 
Date:         Mon, 9 Feb 2009 08:18:56  
To: <> 
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Probable Trumpeter Swans [Harford Co.] -2/8/09 
 
 
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