Subject: [Tweeters] Magnuson Park ... Snow Goose
Date: Dec 19 16:29:31 2012
From: dalonso - dalonso at u.washington.edu




I call it a Snow Goose, and I thank you for drawing my attention to it wi. As of 3:30 PM today it was still in the large SW grass play field with a lot of Canada Geese, some Wigeons, Gulls and lots of Crows. Some Crows were harassing the Wigeons, which I haven't noticed before. The weather was bad enough that I didn't spend anytime on the Gulls.

When I left, the Snow Goose was quite close to the road (Sportsfield Dr) and I could see the "grin patch" and black primaries. I also saw the large obvious black wing patches when it flapped its wings to drive away a pesky Canada Goose. It didn't fly while I was there. It had the right size bill, too. The light was too bad and rain too hard for me to justify bringing a camera on my bicycle.


RE:
On Dec 19, 2012, at 12:00 PM, tweeters-request at mailman1.u.washington.edu wrote:
> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:35:41 -0800
> From: Kevin Purcell <kevinpurcell at pobox.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Magnuson Park and Matthews Beach Park - Greater
> White-fronted Goose and Snow Goose(?)
> ...
>
> Notable birds at Magnuson Park: juvenile female Sharp-shinned Hawk. Four Greater White-fronted Goose and a potential Snow Goose amongst the grazing Canada Geese.
>
> The Snow Goose didn't fly but seemed to have black primaries when bending too eat but wasn't visible when upright. It didn't (IMHO) have a deep keel like a Domestic Goose.Initially I though it was a Domestic Goose then changed to Snow Goose. If anyone else sees it let me know (I wouldn't be surprised if it was a slim Domestic Goose).

Darwin O.V. Alonso
dalonso at u.washington.edu
Dept. Biochem. J558-HSB
University of Washington
1705 NE Pacific St
Seattle WA 98195-7350