ther back, at the middle of the body, and
appearing evenly rounded.
Shai Mitra
Bay Shore
From: bounce-120166812-11143...@list.cornell.edu
[bounce-120166812-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Peter Post
[pwp...@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 2:55 PM
To: NYSbirds-L@co
Thanks again to Peter Post for his finding & photographing the goose
in question at the Central Park reservoir (in Manhattan) and for doing
some follow-up, making photos available. For those not subscribed,
the publicly-accessible archive for the "Frontiers of Identification"
birding list-
Ken is right about "Lesser Canada" which is what I alluded to in my earlier
response. The question for me then is, what does B.Hutchinsii "variant" really
mean? Conservative approach to something none of us could really put a label
on?
I see Geese like this at many locations throughout our are
Jean Irons kindly forwarded my query concerning the Id of the Central
Park goose to goose expert Ken Abraham. His opinion is that it is a
Cackling Goose (B. hutchinsii). Details below:
Peter Post
Begin forwarded message:
> From: jeani...@sympatico.ca
> Date: February 15, 2016 11:09:48 AM E
Hi Peter,
Good eye in picking this out at Central Park and thanks for posting a link
to your photos. After looking at the images, I feel your bird does not have
the features for the expected Richardson's Cackling and I suspect that it
is also not a a fit for *Taverneri (the largest of the Cackling
Photos of the goose I found yesterday on the Central Park Reservoir
can be found here:
http://www.ardithbondi.com/page127.html
I'm leaning towards Lesser Canada Goose (B. canadensis parvipes).
Other opinions are welcome.
The link has also been posted to Frontiers of Bird Identification.
After getting home, and looking at my photos and some brief literature search,I
believe that the bird I reported earlier may be a Lesser Canada Goose. Stay
tuned.
Peter Post
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