Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 10:15:49 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Paul O'Brien Subject: Re: Barnacle Goose Reports MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All, Just be careful with possible Barnacle Geese at Blackwater. On several occasions I have seen Canada/White-fronted Goose hybrids there with variable amounts of white in the face. Clearly there is much more to the ID than a white face, but sometimes you can't see much more than that when the geese are crowded together. Shape and pattern of the white would be the best indicator. Good luck. 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================