Date:         Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:07:38 -0500
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From:         Robert Ringler <ringler@QIS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Greater  White - fronted  Geese   Queen Annes Co  late Report
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Danny,
    This is the second largest number of White-fronted Geese to be reported in Maryland.  The largest was a flock variously described as 25 to 35 birds seen at Blackwater from late November to mid December 1975.  Otherwise, six on three occasions seems to be the max.

Bob Ringler

> the Number  of   Greater White - fronted  Geese involed  8  in a fock  Of
> Canadas .  Never heard of this  many in one area in one flock  most
reports
> are of  1  - 3     birds.   I wanted to double check my ID  when my Photos
> where developed . Sure enough They were  White - fronted  Geese  . They
> were in a field  at the corner of  Rt 301 and  Rt 18   in Queenstown
behind
> the vet. office feeding in  the a flock of  Canada  Geese .    On of my
> photos shows five in one picture. could not get  all 8 in one picture.

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