Okay, the picture Rob says look exactly like the bird I had on my palm today. Woo hoo! The mystery is solved. Thanks a lot, Deb Carstensen, Arapaho County
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 26, 2014, at 10:31 PM, "Rob Parsons" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Deb, > > Here is a link to a decent photo of a juvenile Gr. White-fronted Goose. Did > your bird look like this at all? > > http://www.pbase.com/image/88248144 > > Cheers, > > Rob > > > Rob Parsons > Winnipeg, MB > CANADA > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- From: Deborah Carstensen > Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 11:21 PM > To: Cobirds ; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [cobirds] Greater white fronted but not! Arapahoe count > > Hey so, I heard from a couple people that let me know that the juvenile > greater white fronted goose won't have white at the base. What about the > heavy black tip at the end of the beak? Thanks for your input, Deb > Carstensen, Arapaho County > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 26, 2014, at 12:28 PM, Deborah Carstensen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I just had a goose on my pond that I initially thought was a greater white >> fronted goose but realized there was little to no white at the base of its >> beak. The beak was mostly orange, darker at the base and had a black tip to >> it. The legs were the classic bright orange. >> When I looked back to study it more carefully, it was gone! It just made >> me think about the taiga bean goose that was in Kansas and made me wonder… >> It is no longer here. I live in Arapaho County a few miles north of >> Chatfield reservoir so you might want to keep your eyes out for this unusual >> goose. I'm even closer to the South Platte reservoir… Another place to look. >> I'm sure it could be some kind of hybrid but I just wanted to let everyone >> know that the goose was here in case they were in the area and wanted to >> keep your eyes out for it. Deb Carstensen, Arapaho County >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/11C2B372-2B1B-4E19-B803-4793009AC00F%40aol.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/B1CC1057-A1C4-4436-B140-586CD8D76824%40aol.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/227397AB-FDA6-4AC3-A08C-D70D5F556B4A%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
