Contact the folks at Sauvie Island. They can at least put you in touch with
the local neckband contact person. He on the coast we contact Roy Lowe (who
would answer you directly on obol). He works at the Marine Science Center in
Newport.


>
>Another new experience for me today. While enjoying a beautiful day of
>birding on the Columbia White-tail Deer Refuge in SW Washington, I saw my
>first neck-banded Canada Goose in a large flock feeding in an open
>meadow. It was a red band with the letters HAS clearly readable. There
>may have been one more letter I couldn't see.
>
>Should these sightings be reported? If so, to whom?
>
>This same flock of geese was the source of another enjoyable episode. A
>forkhorn whitetail buck wanted to cross the meadow, but was intimidated
>by the several hundred geese. It didn't seem to occur to him to go
>around. He pawed the ground, shaking his head, in an apparent attempt to
>scare the geese away. They were not impressed. He then minced his way
>into the flock a short way, and then bolted back. That action scared
>enough of the flock so that a few took off. The deer then bolted full speed
>through the geese, scattering them, some flying off and others honking
>loudly. When he reached the other side, he stood looking back, seemingly
>congratulating himself on his courage.
>
>In the same meadow were a group of Common Snipe in a boggy area, two pair
>of Green-Winted Teal, one Killdeer. On the river behind us was one Snow
>Goose with a small flock of Canadas. Four Common Mergansers and three
>Northern Shovelers were in the same part of the river.
>
>Beautiful afternoon!
>
>Grant Hendrickson
>University of Portland
>ghendric at esd112.wednet.edu
>
>

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******************************** Nothing at the top, but a bucket and a mop
* Mike Patterson, Astoria, OR * and an illustrated book about birds
* mpatters at ednet1.osl.or.gov * see a lot up there, but donUt be scared.
******************************** Who needs action when you got words? KC