Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Thanksgiving goose
From: Douglas Herr <telyt560@cswebmail.com>
Date: 23 Nov 2000 14:18:59 -0800

On Thu, 23 November 2000, "Roy Zartarian" wrote:

> 
> LUGs
> 
> This is the week when most of us in the U.S. think of turkey.  
> However, after last Sunday's birding walk in a local park, 
> accompanied by my canine domestic companion, my thoughts 
> have been on geese.  A scan of a flock of Canadas with the 
> Trinovids turned up a Greater white-fronted goose.  This species 
> nests in Alaska and northwestern Canada and winters in Texas 
> and Mexico. It is a rarity in the northeastern U.S
> 
<SNIP>
> The birding gods continued to smile, for the week later brought into 
> the park a brant, another goose rare to my area.  So far, that one 
> has been seen but not yet decently photographed.

Good spotting Roy, and good luck "capturing" the Brant!

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt
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