Hey Tweeters,

WOSNews 38 (April 1995) has a article on Emperor Geese in Shomish County.
He discribes most of them as beeing rather tame when they visit us. Also,
see Steves book _The 100 most wanted birds in North America_. He documents
how they behave quite well in it.

Russell

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Russell Rogers and Mary Moore
6637 Glenwood Drive SW
Olympia WA 98512
(360) 709-9870
rrogers at halcyon.com
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On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, B&P Bell wrote:

> Good Morning Tweets -
>
> Don Baccus has a good point about Emperor Geese tending to hang around
> all winter. In 1988 there was an Emperor Goose which hung around the
> Alameda South Shore (east side of San Francisco Bay in the city of
> Alameda) all winter. That particular bird was extremely cooperative and
> was seen, and photographed by I don't know how many folks. Come spring,
> it disappeared.
>
> Earlier reports on Tweeters have placed the Sequim bird in a number of
> locations, although most have been in the vicinity of the Olympic Game
> Farm. But most definetly not all within an enclosure.
>
> Well, time to go have a cup of hot chocolate and watch the snow.
>
> Good Birding.
>
> Brian H. Bell
> Woodinville Wa
> bellasoc at isomedia.com
>