I said I couldn't believe I could have seen 75 Aleutians Canadas, so
presumed they were something else.

Gene.

At 08:07 PM 10/11/97 -0700, you wrote:
>hi gene,
> maybe I misunderstand you message, you had 75 aleutian canada geese. my
>anderstanding, off this race is quite hard to find.the bird book:fieldguide
>to the birds of north america,says so.in the large flock off 25 ore so we
>had one ALEUTEN. this was in ocean shores 10/27/1996.there was a photo in
>WOS NEWS 48 under washington field notes ocean shores had so manny canada
>goose today i stopped counting i din't even had no cackling race we had one
>the other day on the golf course with one hanging wing hardle he could
>fly.the cackling goose are my favoured.
>ruth
>
>GODWIT at worldnet.att.net
>
>----------
>> From: Eugene Hunn <hunnhome at accessone.com>
>> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>> Subject: RE: Pacific NW Canada Geese Races
>> Date: Saturday, October 11, 1997 6:35 PM
>>
>> Tweets,
>>
>> I thought I had posted this earlier but got no response. Still wondering.
>>
>> Gene Hunn, clueless in Seattle.
>>
>> >Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 21:11:02
>> >To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>> >From: Eugene Hunn <hunnhome at accessone.com>
>> >Subject: RE: Pacific NW Canada Geese Races
>> >
>> >Gene Hunn, Seattle, WA
>> >
>> >An interesting post on Canada Geese, but one point confuses me. I
>thought
>> Taverner's were medium dark on the breast and small-medium sized (size of
>a
>> lesser but darker). I just saw a flock of 75 Canadas of that description
>at
>> the Kent ponds south of Seattle Sunday morning, Oct. 5. These Canadas
>also
>> showed a particularly distinct pattern of pale barring across the back.
>> There were a few Great Basin Canadas about as well, which were notably
>paler
>> below and larger. Of the 75, 3 showed a distinct white half collar
>between
>> black neck "stocking" and the dusky breast. My impression is that it is
>most
>> unlikely I had a flock of 75 Aleutian Canadas and they seemed too small
>for
>> dusky's (which, at least in the past, were common at Willapa Bay NWR in
>sw
>> Washington in Winter.
>> >
>> >Gene Hunn.
>> >
>> >>Jon. Anderson
>> >>Olympia, Washington
>> >>festuca at olywa.net
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>
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