I'm changing the call to Greater White-fronted Goose. I apologize for not researching it a little better. But yesterday was a long day in the field - not one that I wanted to follow up with a lot of time looking at bad pictures. But with a bit more time to look at the other pictures and pull out the photo shopping tricks today, there are other things to be seen.
Most notably and surprising was the presence of a second non-Canada. And with two rare geese in the same flock, it quickly favored the somewhat rare species over the very rare one. The second goose shows an orange bill and barring underneath - what you'd expect on an adult White-fronted. The previously discussed individual would appear to be a juvenile - maybe even the offspring of the adult. I've uploaded the new pictures to the same e-bird link below. Steve Among the migration activity today at Fort Tilden, Queens were some very high migrating Canada Goose flocks. Looking at one small group, I noticed one that seemed out of whack. I managed to get some pictures that I could blow up . To me, it looks like a Pink-footed Goose. 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