The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, January 11, 1996             TAG: 9601110429
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   17 lines

THE WINGS OF WINTER

ILLUSTRATION: Color photo

JIM WALKER/The Virginian-Pilot

Snow geese take flight from Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.

The birds winter along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to New

Jersey, then fly to Canada to breed.

by CNB