Hi --

The only swan nesting in this region is the non-native Mute Swan. The native
Tundra Swan nests, well, on the tundra.

Unfortunately the number of Mute Swans has increased tremendously in the Bay
area and to many they are no longer so wonderful...!

Gail Mackiernan
Silver Spring, MD

on 04/19/2004 9:44 AM, Mic at  wrote:

> This weekend I had the pleasure of a short canoe ride on the South River in
> Edgewater, MD near Camp Letts YMCA camp.  On a small sunken island near
> Smithsonian Island, we saw a bird which my ignorant waterfowl eyes believed to
> have been a swan proudly sitting on her wonderful nest.   Since I am a
> backyard birder, waterfowl are new to me and not taking a camera or my book
> (in case of losing them in a capsize) I wasn't too sure which swan I saw.  The
> nest was very large.  About double her size around and about three feet high,
> made of dried grasses.  She was white with black markings near her beak.
> Would anyone be familiar with this area enough to help me make a positive
> identification?
>
> Thank you
> Michelle Dunn
> Catonsville, MD
>
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