Subject: Re: Early Snow Goose (was: Fw: Grays County Harbor weekend, etc)
Date: Sep 24 09:21:40 1997
From: "Ruth Sullivan" - GODWIT at WORLDNET.ATT.NET
hello michael,
I din't try to beeing critical, when I wrote about the snow goose on ocean
shores.at that time we found this bird,myself includet, verry unusual.I
also took photos, this for the record.I am so happy having a
computer,responding to questions what otherwise would be not queston ore
answerd
thank you michael.
GODWIT at worldnet.att.net
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> From: Michael Price <mprice at mindlink.bc.ca>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Early Snow Goose (was: Fw: Grays County Harbor weekend, etc)
> Date: Tuesday, September 23, 1997 5:57 PM
>
> 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