Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 19:14:08 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: David Mozurkewich Subject: Geese and coots In-Reply-To: <200101282055.PAA04187@umd5.umd.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Gail, I wandered around DC this morning and did not see the Greater White-fronted Goose. But don't give up hope of finding it on my account since I could only find a few hundred geese in the city. I did find an interesting coot (can any coot be interesting?) at the very beginning of the loop around Haines Point. It was white where a normal American Coot has that red knob at the top of the bill. How common are these around here? This is the first one I have seen, but I have to admit that I do not spend much time looking at the front end of coots. Figuring that the geese must be elsewhere, I headed south and east, eventually ending up at Merkle. There, among the several thousand Canada Geese, were two blue morph Snow Geese and two hybrids, apparently Canada x White-fronted based on the neat, white boarder around the bill. Dave David Mozurkewich Seabrook, PG MD USA mozurk@bellAtlantic.net On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Gail Mackiernan wrote: > Hi all -- > > I was wondering if anyone saw the Greater White-fronted Goose in DC in the > last few days (it was reported earlier this week when we could not go after > it). Any news would be greatly appreciated! > > Cheers, > Gail Mackiernan > Colesville, MD > > ======================================================================= > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================