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Dan Best <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 10 Mar 2014 22:16:41 -0400
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By all means, give us some help here folks!  

hough they leave me feeling like a silly goose for posting without checking the field guide first, Matt raises some excellent points regarding identification.  
If nothing else, the lack of black wing tips should have tipped me off that something was "afowl".  

So yeah, weigh in her ya'll.

Dan

On Mar 10, 2014, at 10:02 PM, Matt Valencic wrote:

> I photographed 6 white geese this afternoon at Walter C. Best Preserve near
> Chardon, OH and would like some help with their I.D.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/85567104@N05/.
> 
> 
> 
> I have very little experience with Snow Geese but these birds remind me more
> of barnyard stock then wild birds.  If you click once on the first picture
> it will enlarge and you can see my notes at the bottom of each image.
> 
> 
> 
> Here are my concerns:
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> 
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> .         No black wing tips evident on any of these birds
> 
> .         No prominent grin patch on any of them
> 
> .         All their heads appear elongated rather than 'rounded'
> 
> .         Two of them are tan in color, a color I have not seen in any field
> guide for Snow Geese
> 
> .         One of them has a face patch that reminds me of a Canada Goose
> 
> 
> 
> I really want them to be Snow Geese but I want more to be correct on the
> I.D.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> Matt Valencic
> 
> Chagrin Falls, OH
> 
> 
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