Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 18:09:06 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Stan Arnold Subject: : Ho Co Waterfowl: Redheads return; Richardson's Goose MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Folks, Did a quick check of Triadelphia this afternoon, finding nothing not already reported: Lots of Common Mergs, a couple Hoodies, Black Ducks, and gulls. I heard Tundra Swans flying over, but never did see them. Lake Centennial was much more interesting, hosting the following: Pied-billed Grebe--1 Canada Goose--1000+ "Richardsons" Canada Goose--1 Am. Black Duck--4 Mallard--12 Canvasback--5 (4m, 1f) Redhead--3 (2m, 1f) Ring-necked Duck--25 Hooded Merganser--2 Ruddy Duck--2 The Redheads were found among the plentiful Ring-necks. The Richardson's Goose was dwarfed by nearby full-sized Canadas, and had a very short bill and neck. The proportion of white on the face appeared to be greater than for the other Canadas, almost more of a triangle, than a chinstrap. It's breast, while not as pale as that of the other Canadas, was nevertheless too light for it to have been the Cackling variety of small Canada Goose. Stan Arnold Glen Burnie blackrail@earthlink.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================