It was Susan Danskin, leading a Cayuga Bird Club field trip around the lake, who picked out the Greater White-fronted Goose this morning. At the time it was close behind a gravel spit, and by the time I got my camera ready it had settled down for a nap, but I think everyone got decent looks by then. I believe this is the same bird which Stuart Krasnoff found at Boynton Middle School on 24 January. I only have photos from that day of the bird's left side, but it looks like Tom's right side photos today. I also suspect it is the same bird which I saw on 11 January in Union Springs but which I did not photograph. --Dave Nutter
On Saturday, February 20, 2010, at 09:33AM, "Tom Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: >Cayugabirders, >Gary Kohlenberg reported a Greater White-fronted Goose at Myers Point >in Lansing this morning. I saw the bird shortly after with other >birders and we had nice looks in with a flock of Canadas that included >a yellow-collared goose, potentially from Greenland. The vividly >orange-billed Greater White-fronted Goose also showed several >characteristics of Greenland origin (ssp. flavirostris), though >subspecific ID is rather confused. >Two photos of the goose are online here: >http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonxie88/ >Cheers, >Tom > >-- >Thomas Brodie Johnson >Ithaca, NY >[email protected] >mobile: 717.991.5727 > >-- > >Cayugabirds-L List Info: >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > >ARCHIVES: >1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html >2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > >Please submit your observations to eBird: >http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > >-- > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
