Jack wrote:

>
Hi, folks. For two or three years now, Canada Geese sporting white collars
with
black alphanumerics have been seen during both spring and fall migration at
Vanderhoof, 100 km west of Prince George, BC.
>

And if you see Canadas with deep blue neck bands, white lettering, they
were probably banded in the Anchorage, AK area. I heard a story that
hunters in the Pacific NW were laying off of these thinking they were the
"rare" kind, but now they know better and are much more confident
shooting at these than any unbanded geese, because they can be
confident they are *not* the rare kind. (So much for hunters learning
their subspecies.)

Chris Maack
Anchorage, AK
CMaack at compuserve.com