Thanks Steve for your post. Opinions differ on what these birds are. There
doesn't seem to be any agreement. What is needed is a DNA sample.
BTW I placed a question mark (in parentheses) next to the identification of the
photos I sent to Ardith. Somehow this got translated as a hyphen when she
placed them on her website.
Peter Post
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> On Mar 14, 2016, at 7:53 PM, Steve Walter wrote:
>
> Maybe I’d see it differently if the pictures were larger, but this looks like
> a regular Canada Goose to me. Structurally, it looks like the canadensis (or
> interior) subspecies should. The bill may be on the shorter side of average,
> but I found a couple in my photo collection that look the same. Shape wise,
> it looks more like Canada than Cackling. The head shape says Canada to me.
> Maybe photographing a wider range of canadensis and interior (and determining
> if they can be separated?) may be a project for next winter. Even now, I have
> a canadensis picture on my geese gallery.
>
> Another goose point that I might mention. I compared the Greater
> White-fronted Goose from Flushing Meadows to others that I’ve photographed
> and noticed a head / bill shape / profile difference. So maybe a better way
> to separate North American vs. Greenland birds (since it’s said the bill
> color isn’t reliable).
>
> Isn’t waterfowl identification fun? I got to get back to identifying the
> duck that appears at 2:31 of the Katrina & the Waves – Walking on Sunshine
> video.
>
> Steve Walter
> http://stevewalternature.com/
>
>
> From: bounce-120268436-8873...@list.cornell.edu
> [mailto:bounce-120268436-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Post
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 3:10 PM
> To: Andrew Baksh
> Cc: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu; Nyc ebirds
> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Central Park geese
>
>
> Ardith Bondi has kindly added some of my recent photos of small
> "white-cheeked geese" from Central Park Reservoir (NY Co.) to her website.
> They include additional photos of the original bird first found on 12
> February (and still present on 9 March), and a second similar-sized goose
> taken on 9 March. Also included is one of Ardith's photos from Nickerson
> Beach (Nassau Co.) from 18 February.
>
> Click on the image to enlarge.
>
> http://www.ardithbondi.com/page127.html
>
> Peter Post
>
>
>
> On Mar 10, 2016, at 4:30 AM, Andrew Baksh wrote:
>
>
> Did you get any photos of this other small "White-cheeked Goose?"
>
> Thanks
>
> 風 Swift as the wind
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> 火 Conquer like the fire
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>
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> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
>
> Andrew Baksh
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>
> On Mar 9, 2016, at 9:10 PM, wrote:
>
> The small Canada/Cackling Goose that I first reported on the Central Park (NY
> Co.) Reservoir on February 12th was still present today.
>
> In addition, also today, was a second similarly sized goose. This second
> bird, however, is not as dark as the other one, but is similar in color to
> the larger Canada's. It also called. The call was noticeably different and to
> my ear higher pitched.
>
> Peter Post
> NYC
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