Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 21:48:16 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Toni & Bob Hartman Subject: Re: Richardson's Canada on Kent Island MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Gail et al. - Toni and I saw a single Richardson's at Horsehead in late October. I reported it on MDOsprey, and Kevin Graff responded that it wasn't one of the captive geese there. Since it isn't all that far from Horsehead to McDonald's, I guess it could be the same one. That was the first Richardson's we had ever encountered, and quite a surprise. Seemed tiny next to the standard Canadas nearby. Bob Hartman Colesville, MD Gail Mackiernan wrote: > Hi all -- > > Yesterday Barry and I were returning from some business in Talbot Co. > (no, not the Painted Bunting -- it had left two days before, alas) and > we saw a large flock of Canada Geese on a field behind the McDonald's > on Kent Island. We stopped and looked through them for a while and > were rewarded with a single small form Canada that had the > characteristics of Richardson's Goose (per Sibley). > > We also stopped for a while at Sandy Point S.P. and didn't see any > Snow Buntings, though that doesn't mean none are there. Lots of Lesser > Scaup offshore (over 500), couple of hundred Ruddy Ducks and a few > Goldeneye and Red-breasted Mergansers were the waterfowl of interest. > That and a lone Sanderling. > > Gail Mackiernan > Colesville, MD > gail@mdsg.umd.edu > > ====================================================================== > = > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================