At 4:30 this morning I was awakened out of a dream by loud calls passing 
overhead.  I was too groggy to figure out what they were but certainly 
sounded like swans or geese moving in a large flock.  They didn't sound like 
Canada Geese.

Jim Nelson
Bethesda, Montgomery County

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From: "Joanne Howl" <>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 11:58 AM
To: <>
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Swan Migration

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> This morning at 9:20 I stepped outside my home in South Anne Arundel 
> County and heard the sound of a great many excited swans. They sounded as 
> if they were a small distance away. I looked everywhere – especially waaay 
> up high – but did not see any swans. From the sound, however, I suspect 
> they must have been either gathering for or actually migrating.
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> Shortly after that, I had a report from a friend just slightly north and 
> east of me, on the Mayo Peninsula, who heard swans very loudly this 
> morning also. When he stepped outside, he spotted about forty swans, in V 
> formation, flying to the North West very high above his home.
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> So I went over to Mayo and we walked his beach, where about 30 Tundras 
> have over wintered this year. The bay and Ramsey Lake were absent of both 
> swan and swan sound. We did not check Big Pond at Mayo Beach, but I 
> suspect the local swans have departed this morning.
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> In their stead, we spotted our first Osprey of the season, flying over 
> Ramsey Lake.
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> Joanne
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> Joanne Howl, DVM
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> West River, MD
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