Hi Ryan:

Your bird or its twin was at Lily Pons on Thursday along with one Caspian
from 10:30 to Noon. A second Caspian appeared around noon as I was leaving.
The goose spent the entire time in the same pond. Seemed to be resting. Was
not feeding. Was not there this day, Saturday as of 2PM (from 5AM).

Mike O'Brien
Fairfield Adams County PA

On 4/21/07, Ryan Farrell <> wrote:
>
> I was out at Lake Artemesia with the kids for a picnic this afternoon and
> had finally brought the camera hoping to snap a couple of shots of a
> Caspian
> Tern.  While we were sitting on the dock eating, I noticed an odd goose
> out
> on the lake.  It didn't look like at all like a hybrid Canada, nor like
> anything I've seen before so I took a couple of photos.  Just got back
> home
> and thanks to Google, have found that I suspect it is a Bar-Headed Goose.
> It did leave the lake perhaps 15 minutes later flying in a more or less
> westerly direction (this would probably be around noon or shortly
> thereafter).  I have no idea if it was an escapee, I tried to look for
> that
> while it was in the water (figuring it wasn't some kind of hybrid, etc.),
> but couldn't see the feet.  It was already a ways up in the air when I saw
> it flying away and I was trying to get other field marks before it got too
> far... I didn't think then to look at the feet.  Hopefully someone else
> will
> find it on another body of water nearby!
>
> Here's one of the 3 shots I took (all were virtually identical, and sorry
> for the large file size):
>
> http://www.farrellfam.com/PossibleBarHeadedGoose.jpg
>
> Does this look like a Bar-Headed goose?  Other theories?
>
>
> Other birds were 1 Caspian Tern (who showed up as we were heading home...
> got a descent photo!) and the first Purple Martins I've seen this year (5
> of
> them near the Martin House)
>
> Good Birding,
> Ryan Farrell
> College Park, MD
>