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--_000_141591229044376857DalCa_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This morning I found a lone "Richardson's" Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsi= i hutchinsii) among about 2500 Canada Geese on the Salmon River viewable fr= om the Tidal Bore Road, part of which is in Onslow. There was no sigh today= of the Greater Snow Goose that has been in the area for a few weeks, despi= te much searching of flocks. Perhaps it has moved on, or has been "harveste= d" (i.e. shot). There were at least 4000 Canada Geese in several flocks between Onslow and = Masstown, and, at last the proportion of dark-breasted northern geese, attr= ibutable to Branta canadensis interior, at least some of them from Labrador= , Baffin Island and West Greenland, has begun to increase. A drake Eurasian Wigeon was with the usual American Wigeon in the pond oppo= site the end of Crows Mills Road where it meets Hwy 2/4 in Lower Onslow. The number of Mallards with the geese on the Salmon River this morning was = noteworthy - I estimated at least 2000, but only about 10 Blacks, two Pint= ails, and no other species of ducks. --_000_141591229044376857DalCa_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none"><!--P{margin-top:0;margin-b= ottom:0;} --></style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;back= ground-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <p>This morning I found a lone "Richardson's" Cackling Goose (<em= >Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii</em>) among about 2500 Canada Geese on the Sa= lmon River viewable from the Tidal Bore Road, part of which is in Onslow. T= here was no sigh today of the Greater Snow Goose that has been in the area for a few weeks, despite much searching of= flocks. Perhaps it has moved on, or has been "harvested" (i.e. s= hot).</p> <p><br> </p> <p>There were at least 4000 Canada Geese in several flocks between Onslow a= nd Masstown, and, at last the proportion of dark-breasted norther= n geese, attributable to <em>Branta canadensis interior</em>= , at least some of them from Labrador, Baffin Island and West Greenland, has begun to increase.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>A drake Eurasian Wigeon was with the usual American Wigeon in the pond o= pposite the end of Crows Mills Road where it meets Hwy 2/4 in Lower Onslow.= </p> <p><br> </p> <p>The number of Mallards with the geese on the Salmon River this= morning was noteworthy - I estimated at least 2000, but only about 10 Blac= ks, two Pintails, and no other species of ducks.<br> </p> </div> </body> </html> --_000_141591229044376857DalCa_--
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