Hi Les:

Sorry for the delay on getting back to you on this ... I was in Alaska for
a month. Could it be possible that the band was from Greenland or Europe?
Did you happen to take any photos or other notes?

Thanks.

Phil


At 12:30 05/10/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>This morning while seeking the Red Knot reported yesterday, I failed to find
>the Knot, but was still treated to a viewing of a Barnacle Goose that the
>night's storms must have blown in.  The bird, surely an escapee, carries a
>metal band on its left leg, and was in the general vicinity of some 20
>Canada Geese beside those ponds.
>         Other species there included:
>                 4 Wood Ducks
>                 4 Semipalmated Sandpipers
>                 40+ Least Sandpipers
>                 8 Greater Yellowlegs
>
>Les Roslund
>
>Talbot County
>Easton MD 21601

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