Today. while checking through the thousand or so Canada Geese, a smallish one stuck out like a sore thumb. About 3/4 the size of the geese around it, very short, thick neck, with a very short stubby bill. The head had a Ross's goose profile. The chest was light, like the geese around it. I continued scanning through the flock for anything else but found nothing. I was easily able to relocate the original bird, it was that different. Also at the lagoons today were the following... Am Golden Plover (4) Black Bellied Plover (9) American Pipits (3 or 4) Pectoral Sandpipers Dunlin Ruddy Widgeon Tree Swallow Shovellers Lesser Scaup Exeter lagoons are a mile and a quarter to the west of the intersection of highways 4 and 83 approximately 30 miles north of London in Exeter. Turn south at the cemetery which is Airport Line road and drive to the second gate on the left. Park without blocking the entrance and walk in. Just a reminder that you are required to possess and display on your dashboard an annual permit that is obtained at the town office during business hours at no cost. Town office is at the intersection of Main St and Sanders St.
Good Birding.. Rick Thornton
