I posted a picture of the Greater White-fronted Goose to my web site http://stevewalternature.com/ . This one has a mostly pink bill, which would point it to the less expected in these parts taiga race.
Some thoughts on the recent discussion of Cackling and Canada Goose. Any new information would be useful here. I’ve found my way to some of the articles on the web. It seems most of them were written shortly after the taxonomic split, so about a decade old. There’s a lot of mention of what is not known. Some of what was “known” seems confusing or conflicting. And with a lot more people looking and taking pictures since then, tying that in would surely help. For example, something is amiss if I read that only one subspecies of Cackling Goose can occur in the east, when the eyes and photos suggest otherwise. One amusing note that I read in one of the articles – the Canada and Cackling split (the biological, not taxonomical one) is thought to have occurred a million years ago. Hmm. Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis had a more recent common ancestor. Steve Walter Bayside, NY From: bounce-120188407-8873...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-120188407-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Baksh Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 10:18 AM To: Corey Finger <10000birdsblog...@gmail.com> Cc: New York <nysbirds-l@cornell.edu>; Nyc ebirds <ebirds...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] Re: GWFG - Queens The bird was flushed again by an off leashed dog. It flew into the lake and is still there as of this moment near the north end. 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain <http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> Sun Tzu <http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> The Art of War (\__/) (= '.'=) (") _ (") Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com <http://www.birdingdude.blogspot.com> On Feb 21, 2016, at 9:03 AM, Corey Finger 10000birdsblog...@gmail.com <mailto:10000birdsblog...@gmail.com> [ebirdsnyc] <ebirdsnyc-nore...@yahoogroups.com <mailto:ebirdsnyc-nore...@yahoogroups.com> > wrote: The bird was just flushed by a dog and flew off to the north in the company of a Canada Goose. Good luck if you go searching for it. 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