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Re: GWFG - back at original pond location, 12/5 late morning

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Clive Harris

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Clive Harris

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Sat, 6 Dec 2008 05:13:40 -0800

GWFG showing well 8 AM on Gtown Pregolfcourse. Check in at gate and stay off the course.

Clive

Michael Bowen wrote: 
> The previously reported Greater White-fronted Goose was absent from the pond along Brewer House Rd. in North Bethesda at 9:30 a.m. this morning, but returned there some time later in the morning.  It was still there at 11:30 a.m., standing on a small patch of land at the back of the pond farthest away from Tuckerman Lane, in the company of 20-30 Canada Geese.  Interestingly, there were two playful River Otters in the pond, whose activities seem to spook the geese off the water.
> Diane Ford was on the spot when I arrived at about 11:10 a.m. and Dave Powell arrived soon after that.
> This goose is most likely of the Greenland race.  Its bill and legs are both approximately the same shade of orange.  I didn't have a scope with me, so could not see the finer patterns of feather edging, etc. On the water, it looked distinctly smaller than the surrounding Canadas.
> Mike Bowen
> West Bethesda, MD
> D.H. Michael Bowen
> 8609 Ewing Drive
> Bethesda, MD  20817
> Telephone: (301) 530-5764
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