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[Paula Sullivan <paulas@xxxxxxxxx>]

Greater White-fronted Geese have been reported in Maryland and Northern 
Virginia in the last few days.  Late yesterday afternoon (1/12/03), 
Paul Kane and I found the Piscataway Park bird  swimming with Canadas 
in a pond behind the animal barns and pens at the National Colonial 
Farm, a part of the larger park. It provided its best view when it took 
off in flight with some Canadas, showing off the, black irregular 
barring on its pale underside, its orange legs and feet, and the white 
band on the tail. David Mozurkewich described the bird very well,  but 
I am even less qualified than he to take a stab at identifying the bird 
to sub-species.

I posted a couple of shots on a web site. If anyone cares to the  take 
a look, they can be seen at 
http://homepage.mac.com/pmsullivan/PhotoAlbum3.html/ Clicking on the 
thumbnail view will provide a larger image.

The scrub around the beautiful pond yielded a bonus species --Tree 
Sparrow. There were 2, possibly 4, looking quite lovely in the 
afternoon light.

Paula Sullivan
Alexandria, VA
paulas@xxxxxxxxx

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