forwarded from eBird ABA alerts: Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) (1) - Reported Nov 15, 2011 10:45 by Deborah Powell - Orange County Trust Bank at Schutt Rd Ext, Orange, New York - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=41.4502537,-74.3808639&ll=41.4502537,-74.3808639 - Comments : "At 10:45 am a Pink-footed Goose was with a small flock of Canada Geese on the grass at Orange County Trust bank on the corner of Schutt Rd Ext and Dunning Rd in Middletown. My husband Lee raced home to get his camera (We don't have cell phones so no camera with us.), but the birds were gone when we returned. We've been driving all around the area looking for them to no avail. The goose is smaller than a Canada. Its bill is short with black at the base and tip with pink in the middle. It has very pink legs. We couldn't see the feet in the grass. The body is light brownish with the head a bit darker. Eyes are dark. White under tail coverts. White edge on wing. We've seen these in England. They differ from White-fronted which has orange legs, all pink bill (Juveniles can have a black tip.), and white on forehead and behind bill."
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