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Re: Help with possible Snow Geese from Geauga County
From:
Andrew Sewell <[log in to unmask]>
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Andrew Sewell <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:09:47 -0400
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Matt,

Your ID is dead on, for all the reasons you listed. In addition, the leg
and bill color is wrong for Snow Goose. Good job working out why these
weren't snow geese!

Good birding,
Andy Sewell
Columbus
On Mar 10, 2014 10:02 PM, "Matt Valencic" <[log in to unmask]> 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/.
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>
>
> 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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> .         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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