Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 20:21:09 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Walter Ellison Subject: They're back - Geese incl. Ross's in Kent Co. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, I took a short outing late this afternoon. My first stop was Great Oak = Pond (on the left on the way out to Great Oak Landing). With the sharp = strong cold front the geese have appeared - it was like someone had = flipped a switch changing the setting from Summer to Winter. There were = nearly 1000 Canada Geese in the area including three of the diminutive = Richardson's (subspecies hutchinsii). Also present were 70 Snow Geese. = Accompanying the Snows were two adult Ross's Geese sporting their deep = reddish pink, tiny, triangular bills. Also present were a Northern = Harrier, 4 Ruddy Ducks, 7 Green-winged Teal, the drake Lesser Scaup = (present all summer), and 2 pintail. Good Birding, Walter Ellison 23460 Clarissa Road Chestertown, MD 21620 phone: 410-778-9568 e-mail: rossgull@crosslink.net "A person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast" - E. B. = White (in "Stuart Little") =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================