I thought of posting this info cause its important we birders report stuff for the greater good. It regards a Snow Goose among 1000's i saw at Jamaica Bay refuge 3.17..Here is the info i got back...fun to know where the bird came from Bylot Bird Sanctuary
http://www.theearthtraveler.com/colony-of-seabirds.html or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bylot_Island
roughly Distance is 2738 kilometers or 1702 miles,
Ckick on link, then zoom out to see where globally on map
http://tinyurl.com/jbwrsngo
DR GILLES GAUTHIER
DEPT BIOLOGIE
UNIVERSITE LAVAL
STE-FOY QC G1K 7P4
Encounter Data
Location BROOKLYN, KINGS COUNTY, NEW YORK, Encountered 03/04/2011
UNITED STATES
Desc: JAMAICA BAY WILDLIFE REFUGE
Species GREATER SNOW GOOSE FEMALE
Age of Bird HATCHED IN 2007 OR EARLIER
SW BYLOT ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA
(COORDINATES: LAT: 73.08333; LON: 79.91667 )
Location
Bander
Sex
Banding Data
Band Number 1847-41364 PR23 Banded 08/08/2008
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
AWARDED TO (ME)
I also reported two Canada Goose from Prospect Lake last week..
