I went to Swan Creek this morning and did a quick scan before the rain started and running errands.  I did not see any non-mallard ducks or unusual Peeps.  I was only there for 30 minutes so the birds may have been where I could not see them.  
 
There was a relatively low number of Mallards, about 35.  
 

> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:48:50 -0400
> From: 
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Interesting Teal, Swan Creek; CT Warbler
> To: 
> 
> I was too busy looking (without success) for those American Golden
> Plovers to worry about a.. a what??? possible CINNAMON TEAL!!!?!??!
> Hmmm, pays to look AROUND while birding.
> 
> Okay, so Stan had an amazing visit. Mine was fairly impressive as
> well. I feel quite confident, though not eBird confident, to say that
> there was a SEDGE WREN down at the wetland area. The bird took flight
> as I was walking back towards the HQ. I knew immediately it was a
> wren, but figured it was the Marsh that has been around recently. At
> the time I was playing Orange-crowned Warbler (don't ask, I just think
> it gets bird excited) and the wren was emphatically CHIPPING back to
> me. A Common Yellowthroat (two actually) were in the vicinity
> chipping as well, but the OTHER buzz call was IMO dead on for Sedge.
> I played a bit of Sedge call, and it continued to call back... but
> never showed itself and when I finally went to Screech, the bird
> stopped chipping entirely. Though, the Yellowthroats never lost
> interest.
> 
> So that was one bird best left as unidentified. The other was a large
> peep sp. in the North cell. I have a knack for scoping some odd peep
> and taking awful (I mean, really terrible) iPhone-to-scope photos of
> these distant shorebirds at Swan Creek. What else can you do?
> Anyway, I posted the results on my flickr page.
> 
> My initial impression was Sanderling that had a bite out of it's
> neck... but even that didn't seem right. This bird had golden brown
> wings, white underwings, an all white belly, a pale
> white-to-lemony-yellow face that would put you in mind of a Horned
> Lark, an all-black, slightly long decurved (call it slightly dropping)
> bill and a BLACK collar that... well, I did a drawing to show the
> overall lines of the this dark pattern.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/nervousbird/
> 
> It didn't seem injured. In some of the photos, other peeps are in the
> foreground and background for size comparison, but again I must warn
> you... they're bad.
> 
> Good Birding,
> 
> Dan Haas
> St. Margaret's, MD
> nervousbirdsatgmail.com
> 
> *** NOTE: Swan Creek/Cox Creek is an active industrial site and mitigation
> project in northern Anne Arundel Co. Access is at the end of Kembo Road off
> Fort Smallwood Road near 695. The site is open ONLY Monday through Friday,
> 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Please be in your car and leaving at 3:30 p.m..
> Remember to always sign in at the office, to be on your best behavior
> (people have worked hard to coordinate this access), and to stick to
> permitted areas. This Swan Creek map linked here details where you are and
> aren't allowed to walk. http://www.billhubick.com/docs/swan_creek_map.jpg.
> ***
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:31 PM, stan arnold <> wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I spent more than three hours at Swan Creek this afternoon/evening.  A teal
> > in the south cell really caught my eye, to the extent that I took a bunch of
> > digiscopes and video of the bird.  It seemed to have an unusually large
> > bill, approaching that of a shoveler, and it seemed to have a particularly
> > nice pattern--a uniform rusty reticulated pattern.  I took images because I
> > thought it had the possibility of being a female Cinnamon Teal, but now
> > think it could be a male in non-breeding plumage.  My images are not what I
> > would call diagnostic, but are suggestive of this species.
> >
> > As I was birding the powerline area (not open to public), I got a call from
> > Dan Haas about his finds, and just as I answered him a CONNECTICUT WARBLER
> > popped into view, giving me a perfect look for about two or three seconds.
> > Ed Carlson soon joined me, but much effort could not produce the bird
> > again.  Anyway, I told Dan he could call me anytime; I greatly enjoyed the
> > result.
> >
> > I am hoping that someone can get there in the a.m. and look for the teal;
> > all the ducks tend to hide in the vegetation along the water's edge.
> >
> > *** NOTE: Swan Creek/Cox Creek is an active industrial site and mitigation
> > project in northern Anne Arundel Co. Access is at the end of Kembo Road off
> > Fort Smallwood Road near 695. The site is open ONLY Monday through Friday,
> > 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Please be in your car and leaving at 3:30 p.m..
> > Remember to always sign in at the office, to be on your best behavior
> > (people have worked hard to coordinate this access), and to stick to
> > permitted areas. This Swan Creek map linked here details where you are and
> > aren't allowed to walk. http://www.billhubick.com/docs/swan_creek_map.jpg.
> > ***
> >
> > Stan Arnold
> > Ferndale
> > 
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