Sorry all.  The link on the eBird gadget for Kershner's pond is not 
working for some reason (other locations work fine).  Here's a link that 
should take you to a map of the location for the pond: 
*http://tinyurl.com/7u2sy9b

*(Pond is on Rt. 17 and a couple miles north of the intersection of Rt. 
17 with Rt. 340--on your left as you head north).
*
*Jim Moore*
*
On 1/2/2012 5:36 AM, Jim Moore wrote:
> If you try for these, I suggest carefully parking off Hwy 17 and then 
> walking on the one lane road that residents use that runs by the 
> pond.  Otherwise you will be blocking residents' access and/or making 
> ruts in the lawn.  For the pond location you can click on the map link 
> on the sighting listed on the eBird google gadget here:  
> http://www.montgomerybirdclub.org/LocalBirds.html  (For some reason my 
> sighting isn't showing up on the gadget yet, but others' are).
>
> Jim Moore
>
> On 1/1/2012 7:27 PM, Jim Moore wrote:
>> Visited Kershner's Pond in Frederick county today hoping to see the 
>> previously reported Snow Geese.  Instead found 4 Ross's Geese, 
>> showing the round heads and short, stubby, blue-based bills with no 
>> "grin patch" that are characteristic of the species.  I also found at 
>> least one Cackling Goose among 1800 Canadas.  Photos of the Ross's 
>> Geese are here:
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/35716495@N08/?saved=1
>>
>>   Chuck Parker came after I arrived and helped to confirm the ID of 
>> this rare-in-the-Piedmont species.  Thanks also to Bill Hubick for 
>> confirming after the fact.  Others who have reported Snow Geese from 
>> this pond recently may want to reevaluate their IDs.
>>
>> Good birding!
>> Jim Moore
>> Rockville, Maryland
>> PLEASE REPORT YOUR BIRD SIGHTINGS to http://ebird.org/

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