MD Osprey:

It has been an interesting winter with regard to European geese 
reports. I summarized NARBA's reports of Pink-footed Barnacle, and 
one Graylag in a table at the link, below.

         http://pdavis.posterous.com/european-goose-reports-winter-2011-2012

One other thing ... there was some discussion as to whether the 
Howard County Pink-footed Goose is the mostly southerly record. There 
is one record from Delaware: a single bird observed at Bombay Hook 
NWR from 1 Nov 1953 until 21 Jan 1954. Published details were 
convincing as to the identification; however, the possibility of it 
being a escaped captive bird was undetermined. The authors of Birds 
of Delaware (Hess et al., 2000) consider it to be "probable escape; 
adequate documentation of identification." Regardless of the Delaware 
status of this record, according to Google Earth, here are the 
latitudes of interest:

         Bombay Hook                            39-21-58 North

         Howard County pond (12/20)   39-16-58 North

So, it does appear that this is the southerly most record of 
Pink-footed Goose for North America.

Phil


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