Re: [nysbirds-l] Long Island Geese (Suffolk)

2015-11-28 Thread Andrew Baksh
"The white-cheeked goose complex is complicated and is still a long way from being well understood. The potential for hybridization also further complicates matters but I think this reiterates the importance for us to look carefully and cautiously at suspect Cackling Geese and to thoroughly

[nysbirds-l] Long Island Geese (Suffolk)

2015-11-28 Thread Derek Rogers
While overall numbers aren’t huge there seem to be some interesting geese within Suffolk County this past week. Adding to the already reported birds of interest, today there were two adult GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on Belmont Lake in North Babylon (Suffolk), despite an overall low number of

[nysbirds-l] Long Island Geese (Suffolk)

2015-11-28 Thread Derek Rogers
While overall numbers aren’t huge there seem to be some interesting geese within Suffolk County this past week. Adding to the already reported birds of interest, today there were two adult GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on Belmont Lake in North Babylon (Suffolk), despite an overall low number of

Re: [nysbirds-l] Long Island Geese (Suffolk)

2015-11-28 Thread Andrew Baksh
"The white-cheeked goose complex is complicated and is still a long way from being well understood. The potential for hybridization also further complicates matters but I think this reiterates the importance for us to look carefully and cautiously at suspect Cackling Geese and to thoroughly