I stand corrected. Although the skinny neck 'works, the wing shape is
wrong for Sandhill Cranes which have a broad wing with individual primaries
showing. Greater White-fronted Geese do indeed have a triangular shaped
wing with no primaries showing as in Doug's photos.
Here is a photo from Pierce County.WA.
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/624205085
This post acknowledges a well-known anonymous Washngton Birder whose first
name starts with ''Jim'
Bob OBrien Portland

On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 3:09 PM Doug Plummer via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> I saw several skeins of geese of some kind at Mt Rainier this morning,

> flying over the mountain east of the summit. I was hiking on the Sourdough

> Trail at Sunrise. I absolutely cannot ID them. Alas, my settings were not

> optimal, but here are 3 photos. Can anyone help?

> https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougplummer/albums/72177720320635423/

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