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Pink-footed Goose on Ocracoke



I'm relaying a message from Anson Cooke -- he observed a Pink-footed
Goose on Ocracoke at about 4PM Friday.  It was with 5 Canada Geese on
the southern end of Ocracoke, on the sound shore south of the ferry
terminal near a rocky grassy area.  The bird had no band and seemed
wild.  Anson has seen the species before in Scotland.  He observed it
for about 1/2 hour and noted pink legs, bicolored pink bill, white
stripes laterally and white lower underparts (I may not have gotten that
last part written down exactly right since I'm not familiar with the
species). 

Anson also observed a flock of 10-12 Lark Sparrows near a campground
near Waves on Hatteras Island.

-- 
Kent Fiala
near Chapel Hill, NC