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The large flock of Canada Geese in Ritcey Cove, Riverport, Lun. Co., mentioned by James Hirtle yesterday, has
averaged about 450 birds for the past three weeks. Last weekend I counted 520, plus or minus a few. Today there were
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I was interested to see that all the birds were our local eastern <i>Branta canadensis canadensis</i>, or derivatives of that race.
In past winters, I have usually been able to find a few slightly smaller, brown-breasted birds, likely of the northeastern
race <i>B. c. interior.</i> But not this time. </span></font>
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It's my guess that most birds that end up in South Shore estuaries like the one at Riverport have come from Nova Scotia
and other eastern parts of the Maritimes, whereas birds in the Truro area and the Valley, gone by now, come from farther
north and west - joined, as this year, by the occasional Cackling Goose and White-fronted Goose. It would be nice to see
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