[TN-Bird] Re: Lone White Geese, 2010-2011

Actually, I expressed no conclusion and made no pronouncement.  I  
just presented some data and suggested a possibility.

Bill Pulliam
Hohenwald TN

> On May 10, 2011, at 11:11 PM, OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 5/10/2011 12:51:32 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> bb551@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> A  summary of the "lone white geese" reported by Tennessee eBirders
> during the winter of 2010-2011:
>
> Snow Goose:  13
> Ross's  Goose:   3
>
> Broken down by regions -- Snow/Ross:
>
> West  TN:  4/1
> Middle TN:  3/2
> East TN:  6/0
>
> Most  reports of Ross's Geese now are of multiple birds; in west TN
> sometimes double digits.  Perhaps with the increase in numbers,  the
> classic image of the Ross's Goose as the "lone white goose" has
> passed  away.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Perhaps, Me, Me Next......................................
> Again, looking through a key hole and pronouncing a passing. As  
> Mark Twain
> once said,"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated "  
> Restricting
> reports to just TN and also from a single but incomplete collection of
> sightings which doesn't extend too far into the past, is a good way  
> to make  a
> point fit a view. Again, even recently, single healthy, uninjured  
> lone white
> geese are likely to be Ross's especially where you would expect  
> Ross's to
> appear  toward the MS RV and westward not in east TN. I spend a LOT  
> of time in
> the  field, I spend a lot of time collecting data, I am continually in
> communication with most of the best field birders in the mid-south.  
> Due to
> extensive hunting of the over abundant Snow Geese now, I'm seeing a  
> lot of
> crippled singles and do get Ross's by the hundreds in a day, but  
> still  in this
> season; isolated single Ross's sighted 6, single healthy Snows 3 and
> reports this season from interested parties that spend a lot of  
> their time  in
> the field in four states, reported, at my urging , single Ross's  
> 8,  single
> healthy Snows 3. (14/6)  Widen horizons before writing an obituary.
> Empiricism and Rationalism?
>
>  I promise not take anymore time on TN-Bird flogging this  horse to  
> make a
> point. Any replies, I'll be glad to answer off line. ;o)
>
> Good  Birding!!


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