On Saturday I put-in at Carrs Warf for a short paddle up the Rhodes River. I was still hoping to see the Tundra Swan but Friday I had listened to a radio broadcast about the migration of the swan to the Chesapeake Bay and they confirmed that it was still too warm. The Tundra swan is a native of Canada and only migrates down to the Chesapeake Bay after the lakes have frozen over up north. We're either experiencing an unseasonably warm winter or just feeling the effects of global warming. But either way ... it's just too warm. However I did see another migratory species on my paddle ... the Canada Goose. With a wing span of about 5 ft these are huge birds ... and very loud.

-Susanita