[birding] Finley Snow Geese, Wigeon

[Pam Otley]

Hi all,

Today, I saw 2  white geese at Finley, off of Bruce Rd, just southwest of the overlook. They were amongst 
assorted Canada Geese. I think they were Snow Geese, with larger bill and more of a crescent shape where 
the bill meets feathers, rather than the smaller bill and straight line of the Ross's Goose. They were in the field
when I arrived at 2:00 and still there at 4:00.


There was a male American Wigeon in McFadden Marsh that was a bit different color than the others. He had the
green "eye patch" but his forehead was a more orangy buffy and that color continued below the green eye patch.
His body was still the brown of the American Wigeon. I have read that the forehead color can be quite a range of 
colors but that it continues below the eye patch seems unusual. 
This Wigeon was "hanging out" with an American Coot! I passed by the location a couple of hours later and the 
Wigeon was still trailing after the Coot. Kind of funny!

Pam Otley
 		 	   		  
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