Andy & Tweeters,

I have observed fall flocks of about 300 White-fronted Geese at
Cold Springs NWR since I started birding in 1972.
Cold Springs is about 15 miles SW of McNary NWR. That's near Hermiston,
Oregon.
Good Birding,
Craig
Craig Corder & Judy Stevens
Hermiston, Oregon, USA
Umatilla County in north/central/eastern Oregon
ccorder at eoni.com

>On the afternoon of 6 September, I observed 1200 (95% adult from my cursory
>census) Greater White-fronted Geese on the "McNary Pool" (west of Hwy 12
>south of Pasco WA). I called local expert Mike Denny who had more
>information on this now-annual phenomenon. "Local birders first noticed
>this early fall movement in 1992; numbers have seemed fairly consistent
>since then. In the fall, they arrive as early as late August, but more
>usually early September. They stay only about one week."
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>Andy Stepniewski
>Wapato WA
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