[nysbirds-l] Barnacle & Pink-footed Geese at Sunken Meadow S.P., Suffolk Co.

2009-11-04 Thread ROBERT ADAMO
Sorry for this late post. Yesterday afternoon, somewhere between 3 & 4 PM, I arrived at the eastern parking lots, to find 3/4's of the birding McBrien Family present, and the birds absent. Mom, Barbara, along with son, Michael, and daughter , Megan, were just about leaving to try another spot in

Re: [nysbirds-l] Barnacle & Pink-footed Geese at Sunken Meadow S.P., Suffolk Co.

2009-11-04 Thread Shaibal Mitra
ntauk bird seemed more petite. Shai Mitra Bay Shore -Original Message- From: ROBERT ADAMO rada...@msn.com Sent 11/4/2009 10:45:57 AM To: NY BIRDS NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] Barnacle & Pink-footed Geese at Sunken Meadow S.P., Suffolk Co. Sorry for this late p

Re: [nysbirds-l] Barnacle & Pink-footed Geese at Sunken Meadow S.P., Suffolk Co.

2009-11-04 Thread Douglas Futuyma
-footed or Barnacle among their number. Douglas J. Futuyma Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245 futu...@life.bio.sunysb.edu - Original Message - From: ROBERT ADAMO To: NY BIRDS Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:45 AM Subject: [nysbirds-l] Barnacle & Pink-footed Geese at Sunken Me

Re: [nysbirds-l] Barnacle & Pink-footed Geese at Sunken Meadow S.P., Suffolk Co.

2009-11-04 Thread Shaibal Mitra
nysbirds-l] Barnacle & Pink-footed Geese at Sunken Meadow S.P., Suffolk Co. Hi everyone, Regarding Bob's and Angus' queries about the identities of the Pink-footed and Barnacle Geese present now at Sunken Meadow SP, my own feeling is that t he Barnacle is likely the same bird that wintere