MD Osprey:
I got to the pond around 6:15 pm and had about 30 minutes before
sunset. I found only the whites and the one "blue" Snow Geese among
the Canadas. No Barnacle Goose ...
Phil
At 16:22 09/30/2006, Walter Ellison wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>On the way back from the Eastern Neck hawk watch Bob Ringler and I
>decided to look at Great Oak Pd. from 1:30 to 2:30 PM. There were
>1100 to 1200 Canada Geese at the pond, and numbers were still
>accruing as we left. Easily spotted among the Canadas were 9 white
>Snow Geese. Finding the other geese required more meticulous
>scanning but new names were called out with remarkable regularity.
>First Bob spotted a "Blue" Snow Goose at the west side of the pond,
>then he found an adult GREENLAND GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE with a
>restricted white-front and a lot of broad black barring on the
>belly. We then located an escaped exotic Egyptian Goose, a handsome
>adult. This "goose" is actually a large shelduck from Africa popular
>in waterfowl collections. Then Bob went back to look at the
>white-front and spotted something else, an adult BARNACLE GOOSE.
>Based on the bird's mantle pattern I think this is the same bird
>seen here in October 2005 and January 2006. We wrapped up the
>goose species tally with six CACKLING GEESE; one pair and a family
>of four (the latter also not far from the white-fronted and Barnacle geese).
>
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