Subject: Re: Early Snow Goose (was: Fw: Grays County Harbor weekend, etc)
Date: Sep 23 17:57:56 1997
From: Michael Price - mprice at mindlink.bc.ca


Hi Tweets,

Andy Stepniewski writes:

> I didn't think that a report of a Snow Goose 19 Sept would garner all the
>attention it did, so I didn't add the comment this particular goose has
>been there since spring according to a hunter/"birder"

>hunter/"birder"

Interesting combination.

>He seemed to
>know the waterfowl, so I guess we can believe this bit of info. Maybe an
>injured bird?

Provenance supplied, it seems reasonable to assume this is the same bird as
the one seen by Ruth Sullivan in summer 1996. And the next week or two is
the time to look for those first few 'scout' Snow Geese.

Michael Price The Sleep of Reason Gives Birth to Monsters
Vancouver BC Canada -Goya
mprice at mindlink.net