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From: tirone@acsu.buffalo.edu (stephen t tirone)
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Subject: Getting history of banded Canada geese?
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Date: 15 Apr 91 22:06:25 GMT
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	While birding this weekend I saw a couple of Canada Geese with
neck bands.  They were close enough for me to get the numbers off
them.  As I understand it, I can write to the US Fish and Wildlife
Service with the info I have, and some time later I might receive a
report on the movements of these two birds.

	I get the impression that this takes some time.  Does anyone
out there know if there is a quicker way to get the info?  I'm just
wondering if I can get the info before mid-May, so I can share it with
the folks in my intermediate birding class before it ends.

	Quite a few Canadas out there (25,000? -- Iroquois NWR, western
New York), plus one lost blue-phased Snow Goose...

Steve Tirone