[cobirds] Re: Barnacle Goose
We were among many birders scouring the lake Saturday morning. No sighting of it, nor any word of any sighting of it as of about 2:30 or so on Sat. Dave Cameron Denver On Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 4:47:37 PM UTC-7, Carol Ortenzio wrote: > > Has anyone seen the. Barnacle Goose since last week? I will be passing > through this week. > Thanks for any info. > Carol Ortenzio > Grand Junction -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/be2d951d-1122-4a01-9c4e-098dde04bfb4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: Barnacle goose
We have the same question. But then, we had that same question last friday, and decided to run up only if there was a new report, due to undesirable weather. There wasn't one, so we didn't go, and it was re-reported Monday morning. Not making the same mistake again. Planning on being up there to search. Dave Cameron Denver On Friday, January 18, 2019 at 5:50:17 PM UTC-7, Jace Wesley Brasher wrote: > > Has anyone seen the barnacle goose today? I was hoping to go see it this > weekend. -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/9284d442-e5e4-482f-be4f-a568272af7f8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: Barnacle Goose, Weld County
Apologies - this was posted yesterday and referred to Wed Jan 9th. Lateness evidently due to the fact that i had failed previously to join the group... Tom Whitten Denver On Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 8:55:58 AM UTC-7, Tom W wrote: > > Richard Bunn, Jim Merritt and I re-found the Barnacle Goose on the water > at Milavec Reservoir at around 9am this morning. Diagnostic photos were > obtained. The goose flew soon after we found it. > > Tom Whitten > Denver -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/d70a73b6-b471-44c3-b5d4-cb81c6381730%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: Barnacle Goose, Weld County
Thanks for the clarification, Brandon. Carl Bendorf Longmont CO On Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 10:04:41 AM UTC-7, Brandon wrote: > > This sighting is from yesterday. No sightings today, 10 Jan so far. > > Brandon K. Percival > Pueblo West, CO > > Sent from my Android > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 8:55 AM Tom W > wrote: > >> Richard Bunn, Jim Merritt and I re-found the Barnacle Goose on the water >> at Milavec Reservoir at around 9am this morning. Diagnostic photos were >> obtained. The goose flew soon after we found it. >> >> Tom Whitten >> Denver >> >> -- >> 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 cobirds+u...@googlegroups.com . >> To post to this group, send email to cob...@googlegroups.com >> . >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/04744ede-2924-4acf-b515-4e542c0429a9%40googlegroups.com >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/2edf2c40-e95b-403f-bc66-2eddb41733a8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: Barnacle Goose, Weld County
This sighting is from yesterday. No sightings today, 10 Jan so far. Brandon K. Percival Pueblo West, CO Sent from my Android On Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 8:55 AM Tom W Richard Bunn, Jim Merritt and I re-found the Barnacle Goose on the water > at Milavec Reservoir at around 9am this morning. Diagnostic photos were > obtained. The goose flew soon after we found it. > > Tom Whitten > Denver > > -- > 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/04744ede-2924-4acf-b515-4e542c0429a9%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CA%2BXeEuX05Vrpq4DL%2BfTPwr06zc9OKMGO%2BjKUB0mMQbD%2BrRNifQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: Barnacle Goose RFI, Weld
Are there any photos of the Barnacle Goose from today? Since many people spent hours and hours not seeing it on Monday and Tuesday, it would be nice to see photos of any sighting of it from today, so people who haven't seen it, can make a decision if it worth another long trip up there to look for it again. Thanks, Brandon K. Percival Pueblo West, CO Sent from my Android On Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 11:21 AM 'Birding' via Colorado Birds < cobirds@googlegroups.com wrote: > Currently on the lake at Milavec. Barnacle seen this morning but not seen > for a couple hours. > > Norm Lewis > Lakewood > 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CA%2BXeEuVgCOxHXd6eK2xODKkanwyYy%3DvHm6t__7uJ8EhVOQ9ncg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: Barnacle Goose Redux
I lived in Oklahoma City back in 1998 where I could see Barnacle Geese flying around the zoo lake and Lake Heffner on a regular basis. There was a flock of thirty and they had young, and they flew. It was a big flock. They also had Barnacle Geese on exhibit at the zoo. They were just progeny from the zoo birds, so when I see them show up in Oklahoma, and states around it, I would imagine they are from those birds. It is nice to believe they are from Greenland, but odds, even with the increasing population, are fairly slim, like 99.99 to .01. Similar to the Bar-headed and Emperor Geese near the Denver zoo that fly around Front Range Lakes, it is nice to think that they made the long treks from the Himilayas and Alaska, but odds are they were from the zoo. My guess for the Colorado Barnacle Goose, it is just feral. It is unfortunate. Larry Simo, God rest his soul, wrote a great article about an Emperor Goose shot in Colorado and proved it had lived its life here from CO2 levels in the feathers - quite a good read and bit of detective work. I have seen a lot of captive birds flying around - Mandarin Duck, Ruddy Shelduck, Lesser White-fronted Geese, Graylag Geese, Egyptian Geese . . . and I love to postulate that they are of wild origin, but odds are, feral waterfowl from breeders and zoological gardens. Tom Hall Fort Collins On Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 7:49:57 PM UTC-7, Steven Mlodinow wrote: > Greetings All > > I don't enjoy taking down my own bird, but it is good to look thru a broad > spectrum of information rather than focusing on the decisions of the IL > Bird Records Committee, assuming such is actually final. > > The Greenland population, distinctly the most proximate to the US and > Canada numbered at only 9000 in 1959 to 28000 by the mid-1970s and 70,500 > about 10 years ago. So, yes, the chance of vagrancy has increased. > > But where to? > > This species is a short-distance migrant. Going from Greenland to eastern > Canada and the ne. USA would make sense and might result from mirror image > migration from the species' usual Greenland to Scotland route, but more > likely results from birds joining Greenland-breeding Canadas, which do > winter in northeastern (not western Great Lakes) USA and Canada. Why would > a population that rarely winters as far south as the north of France stray > to places such as California, New Mexico, and southern Texas. Is the grass > not lush enough farther northeast? > > Unfortunately, I don't have the recent spread of data as some states > validate Barnacle Goose on eBird and others don't (I do believe all should > be validated, unless incorrectly ID'd or known escapes so that any pattern > could be teased out) > > But as of the early 1980s, as many Barnacle Geese had been reported from > Oklahoma as Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont combined. There were 16 > records from IL, WI, and MI compared to about 25 from all of New England > despite a significant bias against these birds being reported away from the > northeast. > > And if one was to compare the pattern of occurrence *away* from the > eastern seaboard (as of the early 1980s), there were as many records from > June as from February. Hardly a natural looking pattern. > > So, let's look at some Barnacle Goose cohorts. Pink-footed Goose has a > similar breeding and wintering range to Barnacle Goose and had a similar > population increase, from about 20,000 in the 1930s to 350,000 in the early > 2000s. > > The Greenland breeding population of Greater White-fronted Goose has a > population of about 25,000, steady or slightly down over last 20-30 years. > > Pink-footed Goose has but two records (one from near Victoria BC and the > other from the outer coast of WA) that are west of central PA and > easternmost ON listed on eBird. The total number of records from North > America is also far fewer than those for Barnacle Goose. > > In parallel, the number of Pink-footed Geese in captivity in North America > is tiny (rather close to zero, for some reason) compared with that of > Barnacle Goose, which is "Generally for sale at cheap prices and is easy to > breed" (Reeber's Waterfowl of North America, Europe, and Asia). Coincidence? > > Greater White-fronted Goose (Greenland flavor) has only once been recorded > (to eBird) w of Ontario, in TN. It is occasionally kept in captivity, which > may explain the TN record and those from FL. > > So, if you are not asleep or at a different post yet... > Yes, Barnacle Goose might actually occur in CO, wandering here from > Greenland. However, the odds look quite low at this time. > > Sleep Well > Steven Mlodinow > Longmont CO > > -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to
[cobirds] Re: Barnacle Goose Redux
Greetings all, A quick search of "waterfowl for sale" reveals a Barnacle Goose can be had for 200-500$, with free shipping! for the pricier ones. I thought about buying a Smew, Baikal Teal and Mandarin Duck so I could rock the birding world with a string of incredible finds but alas, they were out of stock. David Wade Ft Colllins CO > -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/72f40720-78f7-4a90-99e4-1d9ffc15d608%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: Barnacle Goose (no sighting)
While at that, how about White Wagtail? Ben Sampson Centennial, CO -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/6f081ea0-b4de-4e09-bf6b-ce3fa7fd2bc0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
