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Redhead, Wigeon, Small race goose - Centennial (Ho Co)

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Sherry

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Sherry

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:44:58 -0400

I'm sorry I didn't get to post this earlier -- I had computer trouble 
and was unable to get online. These sightings are from Wednesday, Oct. 
19, at Centennial Lake in Howard County.

The Redhead reported by June on Oct. 18 was still present. There was 
also an American Wigeon (calling almost constantly), and a small race goose.

I got photos of all three. I can't do digiscoping, but they were close 
enough to get some reasonably decent pictures with my 3X zoom.

The Redhead and the Wigeon are on this page:  
http://flyaway.smugmug.com/gallery/128959/2 
(if you go to the top of the page and switch the style to "traditional", 
you can see the caption under each thumbnail and it's easier to tell 
which photo is which).

The photos of the small race goose start on this page and continue onto 
the next page:  http://flyaway.smugmug.com/gallery/74843  
It's the smallest "Canada" goose I've ever seen, not much bigger than a 
mallard -- there are three photos of it with a normal-sied mallard for 
size comparison, in addition to seven different views of the goose. 
(There was a flock of normal-sized Canadas nearby, but the small race 
goose wouldn't go near them, and I couldn't get it in the same shot with 
another goose.)

You can choose the size of the photo you want to view -- thumbnail, 
small, medium, large and original. (The full-resolution original size is 
2048x1536.)

If anyone can tell what that goose is -- especially if it's something 
unusual -- please let me know!

Sherry
nightheron =at= despammed =dot= com