Subject: Re: SUM: Canada Goose Subspecies ID
Date: Nov 16 00:04:20 1995
From: STEPNIEWSKI at delphi.com - STEPNIEWSKI at delphi.com


_l,*6%In conversation with Columbia NWR biologist Randy Hill recently, he insists the
id on the huge #'s of Canada's passing through eastern WA is challenging and
that he doesn't know the relative %'s of the subspecies. It seems the refuge
database just says "large or small forms."

I say this to caution field observers. These biologists spend lots of time (and
taxpayer $$) counting waterfowl by aerial, boat and ground-based surveys. Id of
Canada Geese in eastern WA begs further study is the impression I've gotton.
Andy Stepniewski
Wapato WA