Hi All,

Sorry for the 24-hr delay in getting this out. Intermittent internet 
(especially last evening) and a CPR class this morning got in the way.

Yesterday afternoon (15 Oct '10) at 5:15 PM Nancy and I had an adult 
Greater White-fronted Goose at the Chestertown Treatment Plant as viewed 
from John Hanson Road. It was in a family group that included two Canada 
X Greater White-fronted Goose hybrids (presumably this year's offspring) 
and a Canada Goose. Also present were a Cackling Goose, a Snow Goose, 34 
shovelers, 150 Ruddy Ducks, 19 Killdeer, and 5 Caspian Terns.

More information on ID and a full list from e-bird are appended below.

Good birding,

Walter Ellison (& Nancy Martin)

Chestertown, MD

410-778-9568

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

Location:     Chestertown WWTP
Observation date:     10/15/10
Notes:     Some quick birding stops are better than others. Partly cloudy, breezy W wind 10-15 mph, 60 deg F. Second observer: Nancy Martin. Excellent late afternoon lighting. White-fronted goose was an adult with prominent white frontal patch, bright orange bill, belly bars visible along flanks as it swam, black ring-tail pattern with white rump and tail tip, yodeling flight call as it left treatment plant with its interspecies family. Two hybrids intermediate in jizz with more tapered bills and more slender necks than GWFG. Necks blackish with medium gray (not white) chin straps (form like CANG), small white patches along the top of the bills, some orange on dark bills' bases, dark chests like GWFG (unlike CANG's pale chest), more olive brown ground color than Canada. Adult Canada Goose associated with the 2 hybrids and the white-front. They all left together at 5:25 PM.
Number of species:     17

Greater White-fronted Goose (Greenland)     1
Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose (hybrid)     2
Snow Goose     1
Cackling Goose (Richardson's)     1
Canada Goose     800
Mallard     4
Northern Shoveler     34
Ruddy Duck     150
Black Vulture     4
Turkey Vulture     18
Killdeer     19
Laughing Gull     3
Ring-billed Gull     11
Caspian Tern     5
European Starling     80
Savannah Sparrow     1
Red-winged Blackbird     80
Common Grackle     280

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)