Kim and I took the dog for a walk at Swan Harbor last evening.  The highlight was a minimum of 3 American Bitterns in full "song".  I was able to record one with my iPhone and hopefully I'll figure out the easiest way to share those soon.  

If you've never heard an American Bittern pumping before, I encourage you to go listen for yourself.  It's an amazing sound.  

Full ebird list below.

Matt Hafner
Forest Hill, MD


Swan Harbor Farm Park, Harford, US-MD
Apr 2, 2012 6:30 PM - 7:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:      <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.1
31 species

Canada Goose  6
Wood Duck  3
American Black Duck  2
Mallard  18
Blue-winged Teal  7
Green-winged Teal (American)  35
Bufflehead  2
Pied-billed Grebe  2
American Bittern  3     Minimum 3 pumping in the marshy impoundment. Saw one flying across the impoundment that may have been an additional bird
Great Blue Heron  2     High flying migrants close to dusk
Turkey Vulture  4
Bald Eagle  3
Northern Harrier  1
King Rail  1
American Coot  11
Wilson's Snipe  4
Mourning Dove  2
Fish Crow  55
Horned Lark  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  4
Purple Martin  4
Tree Swallow  3
Barn Swallow  1
Marsh Wren  2     2 birds giving half-hearted songs, this seems a little early for migrants and makes me think they could have overwintered.  I heard one in the same area in late Nov and thought I heard one in December, but could not confirm it.
European Starling  15
Eastern Towhee  2
Chipping Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)  2
Song Sparrow  6
Swamp Sparrow  2
Red-winged Blackbird  40

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)


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