Patrick,
You should be congratulated for finding these birds and getting the word out. How many of us actually have experience with both of these rare geese? They're not even illustrated in the Sibley guides! Don't feel bad about the inital ID: it could've happened to any of us!

Mike Donahue
Seattle
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