Subject: [Tweeters] Chinese Goose at Sammamish State Park
Date: Dec 21 21:21:44 2012
From: Larry Schwitters - leschwitters at me.com


These three Geese were first reported by Ken Grant Sept. 14. At that
time they were on Issaquah Creek and came across as wary. Lately they
have been very reliable at the location Sharon describes and will now
allow a close approach. If you embrace The Nat. Geo. Field Guide
description, their lacking a black bill knob and not being too porky
it might make them wild Asian Swan Geese, but Leora and I haven't
added them to our ABA life lists yet.
On Dec 21, 2012, at 6:09 PM, Sharon Ellard wrote:

> Today about 9:30 a.m. I saw 3 Chinese Geese at Sammamish State
> Park. If you take Exit 15 from Eastbound I-90, turn left onto 17th
> NW, left onto NW Sammamish Rd., turn right into the park and head
> toward the beach. There are a whole lot of picnic tables at the
> beach, walk towards the right and in front of the trees is where we
> saw these birds. Their bodies are similar to the juvenile Greater
> White-fronted Goose, they have a brown stripe up the back of the
> neck, the rest of which is white. The stripe becomes a brown cap
> down to the eyes. The breast is reddish beige. Bill is black.
>
> birders.2341 at comcast.net
> Sharon Ellard
> Seattle, Washington
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