Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:07:38 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: Greater White - fronted Geese Queen Annes Co late Report MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================