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["Mayhorn" <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yesterday a bird that was thought, when viewed at some distance, to be a Snow 
Goose was found at the old Richlands airport in Tazewell County. Buchanan 
County Bird Club member, David Raines, found the bird with some Canada Geese, 
but David did not have a scope with him at the time. Upon closer inspection 
today Richard Kretz and Roger and Lynda Mayhorn found that the bird was a 
Ross's Goose. This is the third Ross's Goose to show up in Southwest VA in the 
last few weeks.
Richard took some great photos of the bird. They can be seen at his website at 
http://www.pbase.com/rkretz/recent_photos&page=all 

Thanks To Sue Heath for alerting me to a Sandhill Crane that was observed on a 
farm in Russell County yesterday. I got in touch with the landowner and was 
told that the bird was not there today.

Enjoy the birds,

Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt (near Grundy)
Buchanan County