Jim,
   From late November to mid December of 1975 there was a flock of
White-fronted Geese at Blackwater that was variously reported to be 25 to
35 birds. There seemed to be no consensus on the number. When the Baltimore
Bird Club field trip visited there on Dec. 13 that year I counted only
eight, and only one remained for the CBC.
   But 15 at Hurlock is pretty impressive too!

On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Jim Brighton <>wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> Jared Satchell and I birded some of the inland water areas today.
>
> Hurlock WWTP -- While standing on the dike counting ducks I heard what
> I thought were Snow Geese calling.  A flock of 15 geese were heading
> towards us.  As they flew over I realized that a few of the 15 geese
> were Greater White-fronted Geese.  The geese continued to circle above
> and after a few minutes we decided that they were all white-fronts.
> The flock landed in the field to the west of the wwtp where we were
> able to scope the birds and get identifiable photos.  This is by far
> the largest number of Greater White-fronted Geese I have ever seen in
> MD and to have a pure flock is pretty incredible to me as well.  Bob,
> do you know what the MD high count for Greater White-fronted Geese is?
>  The high count probably blows 15 out of the water :)

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