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George, I agree with your description and the usual location of the goose. I believe it is most likely the one that was on the marsh last year. I have seen it a number of times this Spring. The ticks are very thick in the grass there (unless my dogs have collected them all!) We also had to make way for a snapping turtle and a family of goslings on the road a couple of days ago. We are pleased to have a family of black ducklings in our own pond. Sharon Hawboldt Belleisle ----- Original Message ----- From: <g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>; "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> Cc: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>; "Elizabeth Doull" <edoull@ns.sympatico.ca>; "Jeff Ogden" <ogdenjb@gov.ns.ca>; "Andrew Hebda" <HEBDAAJ@gov.ns.ca> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 9:18 AM Subject: [NatureNS] Re:Birding in Belleisle Marsh "Snow Goose" > Hi all, > > The white goose that is hanging around at the Belleisle Marsh has been > there for about a month, I saw it the last week of April and again > with Harold Forsyth last weekend. On both occasions it was in the same > area of the pond east and closest to the parking area, a pond visible > from a car. > > The goose does not appear to me to be a snow goose. The neck is thick > and the feathering on the hind neck is darker than the fore neck, > similar to a greylag. The rump sits very high above the water and when > it was walking it looked far too dumpy to be able to fly very far, if > at all. The bill did not have the "smile" of the snow goose, and there > was no evidence of black in the wing. > > Both Harold and I believed this to be a feral domestic goose from the > greylag type. > > Would love to have some other opinions, we don't have photos. > > George Forsyth > > > > > Quoting "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>: > >> Liz, was it that windy that TICKS were blowing around in the air?! >> Sounds like a new threat that I would have guessed would have required >> a real gale to produce! Anyway, instead of killing it and >> apologizing, it probably should have been collected and given to >> Andrew Hebda at the N.S. Museum for diagnosis. Others should know >> that NS Dept. of Natural Resources and the N.S. Museum of Nat. Hist. >> still want to get tick specimens from anywhere/everywhere in the >> province, and we naturalists should be spreading the word on this. >> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Elizabeth Doull <edoull@ns.sympatico.ca> >>> Date: May 24, 2011 7:41:10 AM ADT >>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>> Subject: [NatureNS] Birding in Belleisle Marsh >>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>> >>> Monday, May 23, 2011 >>> >>> Left Suzanne's field trip in the Hants county at 4 pm (some great birds >>> seen). She will send a report to NatureNS soon... Visited Belleisle >>> Marsh >>> where I had not visited for several years.... Quite birdy. Lots of >>> birds >>> flying around despite my late arrival at 6 pm. It was great to see >>> a lot of >>> swallows flying around. I stayed inside my car the whole time, not >>> wanting >>> to pick up ticks. At the end, a really big tick landed on the >>> driver door >>> window, thankfully outside. It then crawled into a ?crevice by the >>> door. >>> Got home and found it, but on the left passenger door window! Rain >>> would >>> have helped washing it away on the highway. Had to kill it. Sorry. >>> >>> Birds worth mentioning were: >>> >>> 1 Shoveller - male >>> 1 Gadwall - female? >>> 1 Pied billed Grebe >>> 1 Blue winged Teal - male >>> 1 Wood duck - female >>> 1SNOW Goose (sorry, Don) >>> 1 Bittern >>> 1 Greater Yellowlegs >>> 4 swallow species (mostly tree, 1 Cliff, a few banks) >>> 2 Common Yellow Throat (FoY) >>> 2 osprey >>> 2 Yellow Warbler >>> 8 Bobolink (FoY) >>> 1 Kingbird (looking so desolate?) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Liz >>> > > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1375 / Virus Database: 1509/3657 - Release Date: 05/24/11 >
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