Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 22:04:24 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tim Ray Subject: Goslings in PG county While most of the canada geese have only recently built their nests (or have yet to build), one pair at Goddard Space Flight Center has 4 goslings. This puts them about 3 weeks ahead of my earliest recorded goslings. In my (limited) experience, the earliest nesters often choose unusual places (this pair nested in a tiny grassy area within 3' of a parking lot). At Goddard, the geese which nest on the typical schedule and in the typical places (e.g. pond shorelines) have to compete long and hard to get (and hold) a territory. So, I suspect that the early nesters may be saying "the heck with the rat race". Tim Ray Columbia MD tray160@comcast.net 410-715-0623 ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================