Tracking Geese
March 8, 2004 7:18 AM Subscribe
Geese w/ research collars! I saw two last Wednesday. So far I cannot locate the program of which they are a part, nor has any program returned my e-mails.
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Is anyone here familair with the various Canada Geese migratory collaring/banding projects out there?
Most of these tracking programs ask for people to respond when they see the tags, but I'm having trouble finding the right program to which to respond.
What?: Two healthy adult common Humboldt or Western Canada geese, obviously mates, both with white collars like this (but not so tight), in a group of four, close to a wooded area of Solon, OH, which is rife with ponds and fields and woods and wildlife and Metroparks. I did not see the flock of which the group of four were a part. There were no goslings, unless the other two members of the group were nearly-grown offspring.
The tags looked very much like this collar (pictured here on a swan.)
Tag number = 2F6M on a white (or maybe VERY VERY faded yellow) collar. I was only able to see one tag.
What surveys have I looked into? Well, they weren't mute swans. This survey points you to a phone# which takes you to a webpage which only accepts numeric codes (no letters.) This major Canada initiative I looked into does not use white collars, uses only 3 digits, and is involved with Snow geese. Etc etc!
This is a possibility, as the form accepts alpha-numeric codes, but I have had no response so far.
I'm fascinated and curious to know details. I've never seen a research-tagged animal in the wild before. As always, thanks in advance, AskMe.
IN-[more]-SIDE.
Is anyone here familair with the various Canada Geese migratory collaring/banding projects out there?
Most of these tracking programs ask for people to respond when they see the tags, but I'm having trouble finding the right program to which to respond.
What?: Two healthy adult common Humboldt or Western Canada geese, obviously mates, both with white collars like this (but not so tight), in a group of four, close to a wooded area of Solon, OH, which is rife with ponds and fields and woods and wildlife and Metroparks. I did not see the flock of which the group of four were a part. There were no goslings, unless the other two members of the group were nearly-grown offspring.
The tags looked very much like this collar (pictured here on a swan.)
Tag number = 2F6M on a white (or maybe VERY VERY faded yellow) collar. I was only able to see one tag.
What surveys have I looked into? Well, they weren't mute swans. This survey points you to a phone# which takes you to a webpage which only accepts numeric codes (no letters.) This major Canada initiative I looked into does not use white collars, uses only 3 digits, and is involved with Snow geese. Etc etc!
This is a possibility, as the form accepts alpha-numeric codes, but I have had no response so far.
I'm fascinated and curious to know details. I've never seen a research-tagged animal in the wild before. As always, thanks in advance, AskMe.
Response by poster: Thanks, excoozipher. So, this could be pop. control OR conservation? Interesting. That might explain why I can't find a website on it.
I once was stopped in the parking lot because a goose stepped into the middle of the lane and stood there as- I shit you not- his family crossed the street.
Heh! The
family/flock-thing is so common around here that mostly the whole line of held-up traffic is just amused, although the occasional fuppy (is that right: "f-ing yuppy"?), late for a bizness meeting, swears and honks (for all the damn good it does him). And fields (often golf courses) of gooshite are common here; I have to watch doggie very closely on walks thru' 'em or she, um... snacks.
posted by Shane at 9:06 AM on March 8, 2004
I once was stopped in the parking lot because a goose stepped into the middle of the lane and stood there as- I shit you not- his family crossed the street.
Heh! The
family/flock-thing is so common around here that mostly the whole line of held-up traffic is just amused, although the occasional fuppy (is that right: "f-ing yuppy"?), late for a bizness meeting, swears and honks (for all the damn good it does him). And fields (often golf courses) of gooshite are common here; I have to watch doggie very closely on walks thru' 'em or she, um... snacks.posted by Shane at 9:06 AM on March 8, 2004
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posted by twine42 at 8:32 AM on March 8, 2004