The Goose Specialist Group

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The Goose Specialist Group
seeks to strengthen contacts between all
researchers on migratory goose populations in
the northern hemisphere
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2001 Roosta
1996 Martin Mere
1995 Poland
2007 Xanten
2000 De Haan
2004 Odessa
2005 Sopron
1998 Kavarna
The Goose Specialist Group
2002 El Rocio
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NAAG Triennial North American Arctic Goose
conference Craig Ely





1999 Matsushima
East Asian flyway Masayuki Kurechi


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NAAG Triennial North American Arctic Goose
conference Craig Ely



St Petersburg



Olonets
1999 Matsushima

Moscow
East Asian flyway Masayuki Kurechi


Russian Goose,Swan and Duck Study Group
Third International Waterfowl Symposium of
Northern Eurasia St.Peterburg October 2005
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Are migratory birds a serious risk for spreading
of avian flu ?
Cartoon by Tijs Tinbergen
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White-fronted Goose (Anser a. albifrons)

• Recoveries of birds caught and ringed with metal
  rings in winter in the Netherlands
• 1953-2000

N2555
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Research using satellite transmitters on
Greater White-fronted Geese byHelmut
Kruckenberg and Gerard Müskens
www.blessgans.de
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St Petersburg



Olonets
1999 Matsushima

Moscow


Next meeting May 2008 Prakash Gole Taej Mundkur
Ladakh