Hi everyone, I visited this goose today. Firstly, the bird is larger than I was expecting, and very attractive. Like, really quite stunning. But on to business; in the scope one can see it has a single oversized, unmarked silver metal on its left leg, which is not consistent with any official banding procedure in North America (or in the Old World, as far as I can tell). Not shocking, but of course worth verifying. No other weird geese amongst the flock. A dog spooked the flock, which took to the air briefly, including the Emperor. I have photos on eBird, for reference:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S61821350 eBird’s new help page suggests this bird may be eBirded as it is not pinioned or in zoo. See: https://support.ebird.org/support/solutions/articles/48000795623-ebird-best-practices Final thought: there is no place to park for this bird except street parking along Hathaway Lane. Wish it were “needless to say”, but don’t be a ~turkey~ in the residential area, or else your name will probably be dragged through the ~gravy~! ;) Enjoy the holiday, Brendan -- 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/ --
