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--Apple-Mail-11--605763162 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Ed, your description sounds indeed like a white-fronted goose, and =20 the unmarked belly would indicate a young bird (yearling?). And the =20 orange feet & beak indicate probably a Greenland-origin bird or the =20 Greenland subspecies. It is one of those fairly regular rarities in =20 these parts, with one or two being reported in most years, usually =20 with Canada geese. Thanks for reporting it. I am in Toronto right =20 now and might not be able to send this right away (now April 19). =20 Cheers from Jim On 19-Apr-11, at 4:08 PM, Ed Reekie wrote: > Hi Jim, > > For the past couple of weeks I have seen a goose hanging around =20 > Miner=92s Marsh in Kentville. The head, neck and upper body are =20 > mostly brown in color while the underside is white. There is a =20 > white ring at the base of the bill and the bill and feet are orange/=20= > pink in color. I have checked out the bird guides that I have and =20 > for the most part, it looks like a white-fronted goose. The one =20 > exception is that it doesn=92t have a speckled belly. The white =20 > fronted goose is supposed to be a western species according to the =20 > information I have, and is not supposed to be found in this area. =20 > Do you have any idea what it might be? > > Hope you are enjoying our spring! > > Bye for now, > Ed --Apple-Mail-11--605763162 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Ed, your description sounds indeed like a white-fronted goose, and the = unmarked belly would indicate a young bird (yearling?). And the = orange feet & beak indicate probably a Greenland-origin bird or the = Greenland subspecies. It is one of those fairly regular rarities = in these parts, with one or two being reported in most years, usually = with Canada geese. Thanks for reporting it. I am in Toronto = right now and might not be able to send this right away (now April 19). = Cheers from Jim <div><br><div><div>On 19-Apr-11, at 4:08 PM, = Ed Reekie wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: WordSection1; "><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = ">Hi Jim,<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: = 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = ">For the past couple of weeks I have seen a goose hanging around = Miner=92s Marsh in Kentville. The head, neck and upper body are mostly = brown in color while the underside is white. There is a white ring at = the base of the bill and the bill and feet are orange/pink in color. I = have checked out the bird guides that I have and for the most part, it = looks like a white-fronted goose. The one exception is that it doesn=92t = have a speckled belly. The white fronted goose is supposed to be a = western species according to the information I have, and is not supposed = to be found in this area. Do you have any idea what it might = be?<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; = font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Hope you are = enjoying our spring!<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = ">Bye for now,<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = ">Ed<o:p></o:p></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></ht= ml>= --Apple-Mail-11--605763162--
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