Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 20:26:43 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Keith Eric Costley Subject: Odd Goose in Pikesville, BC (10/26) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On my way home today traffic patterns "forced" me to exit 695 onto Stevenson Road in Pikesville. I decided to take a quick peek at the pond in Druid Ridge Cemetery to see if any ducks were there. Among the Canada Goose on the lawn was a goose with a lot of white on its body and pale orange legs. I made a quick sketch and will describe it here without naming IT. The same size as a Canada Goose only slightly heavier; sixty percent of the bill (that was shaped like the other Canada Goose) black becoming pale orange at the base; black head with a white "front" on its face, a white eyering, and a gray oval cheek patch; neck black until, at the base of the neck, it faded into brown and then to white on the breast; back is brown with a white rump; brown tail feathers that appeared a little lighter than a Canada's tail; white belly with a brown patch was on the flanks; white undertail; legs are a pale orange color. Keith Eric Costley oriolekec1@aol.com Randallstown, BC ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================