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PFGO - NO

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Sara Blauman

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Sara Blauman

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Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:42:03 -0800

Hi Birders,

Yesterday afternoon starting at 4:30 pm I searched unsuccessfully for the Pink-footed at the following places:

1) Pond on east side of Woodbine Rd just north of Florence Rd. Canada's present.

2) South Rd which is just south of 144 (Frederick Rd) east of Woodbine. 
There is a huge field at the end of the road in back of the school where the grass was nibbled short. No geese.

3) Pond on east 
side of Woodbine Rd just south of South Rd by large house with horses - 
the pond is in back of the horses which were along the road. There were 
hundreds of geese there. I watch for about 15 minutes and then they all 
flew out towards the field in back of the school on South Rd. A Snow 
Goose was amongst them.
4) 
Back to the school at about 5:15 pm. The Canada's were sprinkled across the field beyond the ball 
diamond in back of the school. The grass was nibbled so short that I 
could clearly see the legs of the geese so I could still determine the 
goose species even if it had its back to me and was bent over feeding. I scanned the flock for about 45 minutes and there was no Pink-footed 
Goose among them.

I can't help but think that 
maybe the homeowner, mentioned in a previous post, thought that the Snow Goose was the "rare" goose that birders were looking for.

Sara Blauman
Gaithersburg MD

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