Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 19:54:38 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Ben Gardner Subject: Re: barnacle goose MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ok, now I'm curious. How long does it take a records committee to "bless" the appearance of such an unusual bird? Ben Gardner Owings Mills "Donald H. Broderick" wrote: > It's great to see the excitement being generated by the Barnacle Goose in > Va. One has to wonder though, why the one found here in Wicomico Co. MD in > Feb. 2000 was largely ignored. It was in the same pristine condition, > showing no bands, clipped toes or unnatural feather wear and was in the > company of migrant Canadas. > > Reports were submitted shortly after it was found and photographed and we > assume the records committee will deal with it eventually. > > Good luck Va. Enjoy this gorgeous bird like some of us here did. But we > still feel we beat you to it. > > Donald Broderick > Salisbury, MD > cdbird@ezy.net > > ======================================================================= > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================