>> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 17:54:54 -0500 >> Reply-to: tjharten@concentric.net >> From: Thomas Harten >> >> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Greater >> White-fronted Goose, Calvert County, MD >> To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM >> >> Ospreyers: >> >> I had gotten a call about the possible >> Greater-White Fronted Goose in >> Dunkirk. I stopped by on my way home from work >> and found the bird amidst a >> bunch of Canadas around 5:00 p.m.-good bird for >> Calvert County! >> >> Tom Harten >> Croom >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Arlene Ripley >> To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM >> >> Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 5:16 PM >> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Greater White-fronted >> Goose, Calvert County, MD >> >> >> >I wasn't really birding today but made a few >> stops here and there. While at >> >Battle Creek Cypress Swamp (a few Fox >> Sparrows, and one angle-wing >> >butterfly, not a whole lot else but it was >> midday), I was told about a >> >phone call they had received about a possible >> Greater White-fronted Goose >> >at small lake in the Victoria Station >> subdivision in the northern part of >> >the county. I didn't have my scope with me >> (took it out this morning!) but >> >did have my bins so I drove to the lake and >> checked out the mixed flock of >> >Canadas, scaup, Ring-necked Ducks, Mallards >> and various hybrids. Sure >> >enough way on the other side there was a >> pretty plausible looking GWF >> >goose. I went home and retrieved the scope >> (that'll teach me). On second >> >observation, the bird had all the >> characteristics of a Greenland adult, >> >Anser albifrons flavirostris. The bill was >> orange with pale tip, the legs >> >were orange, and when the bird raised itself >> from the water, flapping its >> >wings the heaving barring on the chest was >> obvious. The bird did not take >> >flight so I was not able to observe other >> features such as white rump >> >band. It was slightly smaller than the >> surrounding Canadas. >> > >> >Directions to this lake: From Route 4 from the >> north, pass through Dunkirk >> >and the Chaneyville Road stoplight. The next >> street is Skinner's Turn >> >Road. Turn left and follow the road a short >> distance to the Victoria >> >Station subdivision. Turn left into the >> subdivision onto Lake Shore Road. >> >The first right will be Cannery Road. Turn >> right and drive down to where >> >there are tennis courts on the left. You can >> park along the edge of this >> >road. The lake is visible from here and it is >> just a short walk to the >> >edge. This is really the only good spot to >> stop and the rest of the lake >> >shore is private property with no access with >> parking that I could see. >> > >> >Earlier in the day, I was in North Beach >> (again not birding) but I always >> >drive by the boardwalk area and the numbers of >> ducks on the bay and in the >> >sky was truly awesome. It looked to be huge >> raft of scaup but I'm sure >> >other birds were mixed in. I felt like I was >> at a wildlife refuge. Will >> >have to run back over there tomorrow. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >////// Arlene Ripley >> >| || Calvert County, MD >> >| 0 || aripley@nestbox.com >> >| || http://www.nestbox.com >> > || >> > >> >>======================================================================= >> >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to >> listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >> >with the following message in line 1: signoff >> mdosprey >> >>======================================================================= >> > >> >> >======================================================================= >> To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to >> listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >> with the following message in line 1: signoff >> mdosprey >> >======================================================================= >> > >===== >**************************************** >Charlie Muise, Naturalist >Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary >Maryland, USA > >Question: What does a 1,000 lb. canary say? Answer: Here kitty, kitty, kitty! >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================