Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:51:01 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Eastern Shore Stamp Company Subject: Re: Ross's Goose Day? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Phil - A Ross's Goose day sounds like a good idea to me. Charlie Vaughn Salisbury, MD At 11:47 PM 3/22/00 -0500, you wrote: >For those MD_Ospreyians that don't subscribe to Birdchat, there have bee= n >several message threads on that listserver dealing with Ross's Geese ID = and >conservation issues. No need to rehash those issues here, but it made m= e >wonder, how many Ross's Geese winter in Maryland; how many are "blue mor= ph" >Ross's Geese (quite rare); and how many hybrid Ross's x Snow Geese are >there, IF any? Based on the reports I saw this winter, I'd probably tak= e a >stab at 6-10 Ross's on the Eastern Shore. Anyone have a better or more >educated guess? > >So, would it serve any ornithological purpose to organize a "Ross's Goos= e >Day" next winter? We could divide up the coverage of the usual Goose >haunts (Blackwater, Hurlock, Snow Hill, Starr, etc.) and scour the flock= s >to see what we come up with. > >Any merit? Any interest? > >Phil > > > > >========================= ========== >Phil Davis Davidsonville, Maryland USA > mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.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 ========================================================================= ===========================================================================