[ValleyNature] Fwd: [NatureNS] collar-banded Canada Goose in Port Williams

[James W. Wolford]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Eric Mills <e.mills at dal.ca>
> Date: April 18, 2009 8:57:21 PM ADT
> To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] collar-banded Canada Goose in Port Williams
> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Hi Judy,
>
> That's a really nice find. As Ian has probably told you, it was  
> banded in Greenland.
>
> Did you notice anything in particular about the appearance of those  
> birds? Breast colour? Size? Anything about bill size
> and shape? Or did they look like the same old stuff?
>
> Anne and I had few geese in the Valley last weekend, but there was  
> a small flock of very small Canadas near Truro that
> could have been Cackling Geese but that appeared to me to be just a  
> bit too large and too large billed - by my thinking
> likely the westen Lesser Canada Goose, B. c. parvipes.
>
> I have to admit that only a few of us really get turned on by  
> watching Canada Geese. But the more you look the more
> interesting it gets.
>
> All the best,
>
> Eric
>
>
>
> From:           	"Judy Tufts" <tandove at ns.sympatico.ca>
> To:             	"NatureNS" <naturens at chebucto.ns.ca>
> Subject:        	[NatureNS] collar-banded Canada Goose in Port  
> Williams
> Date sent:      	Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:06:14 -0300
> Send reply to:  	naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>
>>
>> There was a collar-banded Canada Goose today - Sat. Apr 18, 2009 -
>> in Van
>> Nostrand's Pond, Starr's Point, nr Port Williams, Kings Co., among a
>> flock
>> of ~100 Canada Geese.
>>
>> The bright yellow tubular band reads: G 2 8  vertically.
>>
>> The information has been forwarded to CWS to find out more
>> information.
>>
>>
>> There was also a GBH standing on the grassy banks surveying the
>> pond
>> activities, and  five Ring-necked Ducks intermingling with the
>> geese.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Judy Tufts
>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>    Judy  Tufts
>>     Wolfville
>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>
>
>
> Eric L. Mills
> 286 Kingsburg Road
> RR#1, Rose Bay, Nova Scotia B0J 2X0, CANADA
> E.Mills at Dal.Ca
>
>

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