Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 10:07:06 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Paul O'Brien Subject: Re: Barnacle Goose Reports [was: Re: [MDOSPREY] Eastern Shore (westerns etc)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yes, Gail, I did see the Barnacle Goose family on Cape Cod. They came paddling down the river where first reportedly seen just at dusk. I went home happy, only to be brought down to earth shortly thereafter when their origin came to light. I have been a bit gun-shy about chasing Barnacle Geese since then, but I agree that we should keep tabs on the ones now being seen locally. There is one in CT and two (or three) on Long Island. If it turns out that there are numbers of them in New England and the Maritimes as well, it could mean that there was an incursion from Europe. There's always hope. Paul O'Brien Rockville, Mont. Co., MD pobrien776@aol.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================