I went down to Coulon Park on Tuesday, and found the flock of greater
white-fronted geese. There were 10 individuals, with one distinctly
longer necked than the others, and it's head and neck were much darker
brown--a deep chocolate brown. The birds were on the water the whole time,
so I didn't get to note any differences in their underparts. I have
several nice slides comparing the two "types."

Does anybody out there know about the subspecies of GWFG, and if we
typically have more than one migrating/wintering in Washington?

Mike Donahue