[Maine-birds] Pink-footed Goose- NO, Cackling Goose YES at Limestone

After two days of looking by various birders, it appears the Pink-footed Goose has moved on.

There seems to have been a large scale reshuffling of the goose population up this way over the weekend, with changes of numbers and locales of many flocks.  The huge Collins Pond flock, which contained the Pink-footed and Snow Geese, has shrunk by half.  The departed portion apparently counted the spiffy geese in its number.

Consolation prize for my lunch hour search was a cunning little Cackling Goose in a flock of 1,100 Canada Geese at the mill pond in Limestone.  I'll put some pics of it into my Flickr photostream tonight.

Northern Harriers are practically abundant now.  Saw four in Limestone today and several in Caribou yesterday.

Good birding

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Bill Sheehan
Woodland, Aroostook Co., Maine
http://northernmainebirds.blogspot.com/

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