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Curious about the Bar-headed Goose. Where is it's native habitat? Is there
any chance that it could be wild?
Gayle Benton
Eastsound, WA
gbenton at rockisland.com

----- Original Message -----
From: David Hayden <dtvhm at nwrain.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 7:18 PM
Subject: Bar-headed Goose at Lilliwaup Estuary-Hood Canal


> Today, Jim Pruske and I joined Andrew Beelik on his Hood Canal field
> trip. We birded mainly in Mason county with one stop in Jefferson
> county. We had mostly sunny skies with increasing clouds late in the
> afternoon. A Bar-headed Goose was seen at the Lilliwaup Estuary. We were
> informed by one of the local resident people that the goose came in last
> September with Canada Geese and has been there all winter. Could this be
> the same goose that the Seattle area has had in the past?