[Birdtalk] Logan Geese, incl. Cackling and Ross's

[Ryan O'Donnell]

I birded around Cache County with Stephanie Cobbold for a couple hours
this afternoon.  The highlight was a flock of geese at Logan River Golf
Course, which included about 200 Canada Geese, one ROSS'S GOOSE, and one
CACKLING GOOSE.  One of the Canada Geese was a beautiful leucistic bird.
The Ross's Goose is a different individual than the one seen at Sue's
Ponds lately. This one was an adult, plus Craig Fosdick was looking at
the one at Sue's Ponds at almost the same time I was seeing this one at
the golf course.  A photo of the leucistic Canada Goose is here:
 
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n105/Tsirtalis/LEUC.jpg
 
And photos of the Cackling Goose are here, in lower left:
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n105/Tsirtalis/CAGO2.jpg
and here just behind a Canada Goose, for comparison of bill shape and
head shape:
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n105/Tsirtalis/CAGO1.jpg
 
Good birding,
Ryan
 
Ryan P. O'Donnell
Department of Biology and the Ecology Center
Utah State University
5305 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-5305
 
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