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Re: Six Goose Species at Great Oak Pd: Barnacle, Greenland White-front, et al.

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Phil Davis

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Phil Davis

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Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:44:48 -0400

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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Phil Davis      Davidsonville, Maryland     USA
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