Hi All,

I had to deliver Ian's saxophone to school in town today (he forgot it 
this morning). On the way home around noon I decided to have a look at 
Great oak Pond. Some days you are lucky. There were about 1000 Snow 
Geese flying over the pond, being very flighty. This was largely 
attributable to three immature Bald Eagles that passed over, and a 
helicopter. Nonetheless I was able to go over the flock on the pond in 
sufficient detail to count 19 blue geese, spot an adult ROSS'S GOOSE (my 
first spring record here), and read a neck collar on a female Greater 
Snow Goose (PU93, banded in April 2006 at Ile-aux-oies, PQ with 
subsequent sightings in May 2006 and October 2007 in southern Quebec, 
link for Universite Laval Snow Goose demographics studies: 
http://www.cen.ulaval.ca/gon-gsg/index.html). Other waterfowl on the 
pond were 40 Green-winged Teal, 51 Northern Shovelers, 11 American 
Wigeon, 14 Lesser Scaup, and 8 Ruddy Ducks. Nice day out there.

Good birding,

Walter Ellison

23460 Clarissa Rd

Chestertown, MD 21620

phone: 410-778-9568
e-mail: rossgull(AT)baybroadband.net

Observing Nature is like unwrapping a big pile of presents every time you take a walk.