[birding] red-breasted goose

[rich armstrong]

1. my post below was that our group saw the red-breasted goose saturday.
2. this bird has been seen at basket slough as well as finley each of the 
last 3-4 years.
3. it has i think always been considered to be an escaped bird, although i 
don't think any duck/goose owner ever claimed to be missing one.
4. now jeff gilligan (see below), who i think is on oregon bird records 
committee, and who has been an authority on oregon birds for 30+ years, is 
considering the possibility it might be a wild vagrant bird?
5. so you might consider checking out the geese flocks on bruce road to look 
for this beautiful goose - it is fairly easy to pick out of a huge flock of 
cacklers.
6. if you don't know what it looks like (it is not in any north american 
books) just google images of it. even if it is never countable, it is still 
fun to see.
Rich Armstrong
541-753-1978
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Gilligan" <jeffgill at teleport.com>
To: "Rich Armstrong" <richarmstrong at comcast.net>; "OBOL" 
<obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [obol] red-breasted goose


> Hi all:  I think this is likely a vagrant bird.  I recommend looking for 
> it.
> I will eventually post my full reasoning in regard to the "true vagrancy
> theory".  All the best.   Jeff.
>
>
> On 4/11/09 12:50 PM, "rich armstrong" <richarmstrong at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> this morning at finley wildlife refuge (bruce road) south of corvallis
>> (benton county) among probably 2000 cackling and canada geese was a
>> RED-BREASTED GOOSE (presumably the same bird that has been seen in the
>> valley last few years and still beautiful). i realize it was probably an
>> escapee (i don't know if anyone knows of duck collector that lost it) but 
>> it
>> seems to have come back to the valley here at least 3 years in a row 
>> (others
>> know the history better than i do). it flew very well with all the 
>> cacklers
>> and certainly seems to be wild now.
>> Rich Armstrong
>> 541-753-1978
>>
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