Hi Martin & others interested: The Snow Goose that Tom is referring to at Van Cortlandt Park, looks like this. It has been there since 2016. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yTlslLuX218/WGPR-MT39vI/AAAAAAAAHQA/12gH5395W4oqVwAILCgMqDeSsK5JwAstgCLcB/s1600/smSNGO-5661.jpg
A Ross's looks like this one, recently photographed at Pelham Bay in the Bronx https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zoolI1HjHNc/WIFggbv4bLI/AAAAAAAAHQk/dBYrpnN5Ml4ENj7vJlEdBZ8vj3dLc4BVwCLcB/s1600/SMROGOSS-7417.jpg Martin: if the "White Goose" at VCP you saw looks like the latter, then please let us know as it might require further investigation. Best, -------- "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > On Jan 20, 2017, at 8:22 PM, Thomas Fiore <tom...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Dear Martin & all, > > The 'white goose' with the Canada Goose flocks that gather & feed on the > Parade Ground of Van Cortlandt Park (Bronx County, NY) is a Snow Goose; > simply by size relative to the many Canadas it is with, we can be rather > certain of that. Details observed with closer scoping and good photos, > especially of the head and bill, fully confirm this bird as a Snow (& not a > Ross's) Goose. The Snow Goose has been quite regular in appearing at the > Parade Ground and the nearby lake; this bird was present at the time I > discovered the Pink-footed Goose there, which latter has not been seen in > about 3 weeks now at that Bronx site. (I saw the Snow Goose again at 4pm > this Friday, 20 January 2017.) > ------ > Date: 1/20/2017 > From: Carney, Martin > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Van Cortlandt White Goose > I observed a white goose with many Canada geese in the northwest quadrant > of the parade grounds at Van Cortlandt Park today around 3:30 pm. I > believe it is a Snow Goose but would love more opinions (particularly the > kind that would make it a Ross's Goose!). Happy Birding....Martin Carney > > - - - - - - - - > Good birding, > > Tom Fiore > manhattan > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
