After just missing the Greater White-fronted geese at Blydenburgh County Park in the morning, I tried in the afternoon for the bird that has been seen repeatedly at St. Charles Cemetery since December. Well, I struck out on that bird too, but managed to find the continuing BARNACLE GOOSE and CACKLING GOOSE. The former was first seen with a flock of ~100 Canada geese along the eastern edge of the cemetery, south of the Wellwood Avenue entrance. On my way to the north entrance of the cemetery I encountered a much larger flock of Canadas (~500) in the northeast quadrant. Given the number of birds I figured the odds were pretty good that the white-fronted would be among them. But over an hour spent repeatedly scoping the flock from edge to edge did not bear fruit. I did spot the Cackler though, and the flock with the Barnacle eventually flew in to swell the flock size. Smaller groups of various sizes came and went while I was there, but the white-fronted never did arrive. Also present was a probable Canada X domestic goose hybrid. My eBird report with photos is here: http://ebird.org/ebird/ny/view/checklist?subID=S12765805
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