That explains why any observant person would see some Ross's amidst the
Snows and White Fronted Geese at Beaverhill Lake, Alberta annually. I
miss that show.

Arthur Berman
North Vancouver, BC

Charles Swift wrote:
>
> tweets -
>
> I sent a follow up yesterday must it must have been w/ my other email
> address w/ is not subscribed to tweeters. So here's some more information
> on Ross's Geese and good URL. Most Ross's migrate northeast from their
> western interior wintering grounds somewhere south of Washington,
> presumably crossing the Rockies and continuing north through Montana and up
> to their Canadian Arctic breeding grounds where 95% of all Ross' geese nest
> in the Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary. This would explain why so
> few are seen in WA (mostly east of the Cascades presumably) but are
> somewhat regular in small numbers in Idaho.
>
> For more information see:
> http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/canbird/goose/r.htm
>
> Thanks, Charles.
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> Charles E. Swift
> Moscow, Idaho
> charless at moscow.com
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