Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 09:57:35 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tom Feild Subject: Re: Greater White-Fronted Goose at Artemesia In-Reply-To: <3C88092E.8BEC4A90@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I also saw the goose, and I would add to Laura's description that the bill was clearly orange for most of its length with a lighter tip, but between the tip and the base the orange graded into a decidedly pink ring just behind the tip of the bill. I also noted that the orange eye ring was surprisingly distinct. I also got very close looks at the bird on the far south side of Lake Artemesia. Tom At 07:43 PM 03/07/2002 -0500, you wrote: >and feet were orange. His bill was orangey-pink with a distinctly white >cast to the end of his bill -- not bright white but clearly paler than >the rest of the bill. Eyes were dark with a very thin orangey ring >around them. >Laura Appelbaum >Cloverly, MD ******************************************************************** **************************************************************************** ********************************************************* Tom Feild/5568 301/286-6686 GLAS I&T Manager NASA/GSFC Greenbelt, MD 20771 ******************************************************************** **************************************************************************** ********************************************************* ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================