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 Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 14, 2016, at 7:53 PM, Steve Walter <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Post > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 3:10 PM > To: Andrew Baksh <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected]; Nyc ebirds <[email protected]> > 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 > 林 Quiet as the forest > 火 Conquer like the fire > 山 Steady as the mountain > Sun Tzu The Art of War > > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! > > Andrew Baksh > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > > On Mar 9, 2016, at 9:10 PM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> 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 > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
