Subject: [Tweeters] big Anseriform day
Date: Jan 23 16:24:22 2008
From: Gary Bletsch - garybletsch at yahoo.com


Dear Tweeters,

Thanks to Kathy for posting about Carlo et al and
their massive Anseriform day!

Jim McCoy and I had not been trying to accomplish
anything of the sort when we observed 31 species of
Anseriformes in one day, last March 4th. We started
trying when we realized at mid-day that we had seen a
lot of waterfowl species. As it was, we barely ticked
Gadwall after racing back to Skagit from Whatcom
County at day's end.

I went home that evening and checked some European
field guides. It seems to me that a team of European
birders could amass a big Anseriform day in winter
along the shores of the North Sea, what with all the
geese they have over there. I tried googling it, but
could not find anything on the web to indicate that
anyone had done so. Still, doesn't it seem likely
that some of those crazy Brits or Finns would have
attempted something like this?

Hats off to Carlo and company--they have the world
record all to themselves! If anyone wants to beat it,
they'll need a fast car, inattentive highway patrols,
good weather, and help from the birding gods!

Yours truly,

Gary Bletsch


Yours truly,

Gary Bletsch

near Lyman (Skagit County), Washington

garybletsch at yahoo.com



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