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Hi Eric:
Thanks for this. I apologize for not replying sooner but have been
awaiting details about this goose before replying.
The information has been most interesting involving e-mails from Denmark! I
have been in touch with Tony Fox, a Research Professor in Wildlife Ecology,
University of Aarhus, Kalo, who informed me that this banded Canada Goose
was banded in Greenland, and G28 is a female, part of a project to mark
Greenland White-fronted and Canada Geese in west Greenland in 2008.
Tony Fox adds " G28 was a female when ringed at a Lake simply known as T to
the catching team (very few lakes in this area have Greenlandic names) which
is at 67°08’58”N 50°34’02”N in an area known as Isunngua, immediately north
of the airport at Kangerlussuaq in west Greenland. This has been a study
area for our investigations on and off over many years. G28 was caught as
part of a catch of 42 birds on 17th July 2008, and that all were at least in
their second summer or older and therefore a flock of non-breeders.
Certainly this flock contained no goslings at the time of the drive, and it
is usually the case that non-breeders dissociate from the big flocks of
families (although this is not always the case). Because she has not been
seen before this winter, we are especially glad to have a resighting of her!
Although your individual G28 has not been seen elsewhere during winter, this
is nevertheless very imporant evidence of where these birds stage in spring
en route north again!"
Cheers,
Judy Tufts
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Judy Tufts
Wolfville
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-----Original Message-----
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Eric Mills
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 8:57 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] collar-banded Canada Goose in Port Williams
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@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: "NatureNS" <naturens@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@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
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>
Eric L. Mills
286 Kingsburg Road
RR#1, Rose Bay, Nova Scotia B0J 2X0, CANADA E.Mills@Dal.Ca
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