Ed,
   Sounds like you were lucky. The last time I stopped to look at that pond a couple years ago I was asked to leave by security personnel. The atlaser for that block was also denied access to the grounds for that purpose.
   You can report bird bands on line at:  www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/
--
Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD

 
---- Edward Boyd <> wrote: 
> On the way back home to Westminster from viewing the Monkton flycatcher I 
> stopped at the ponds behind the Joseph A. Bank building near Black and 
> Decker in Hampstead because there were a large number (more than 1,000) 
> Canada Geese on and around the pond. I searched the flock hoping to find 
> something of interest and found at least one Cackling Goose near the 
> southeast corner of the impoundment. Also there was at least one Canada 
> Goose with a neck collar. The collar was red with white letters. The letters 
> were H6C6. If anyone knows to whom this belongs, I'd be happy to pass on the 
> information.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ed Boyd
> Westminster, MD