Paul Chapman
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Folks,
Opinions have been various regarding the wildness of the Greylag Goose currently wintering in Rhode Island. The photo that the "clearly domestic" camp seem to refer to seems pretty darn misleading when one looks at other photos. I found the photos in the linked checklist to be pretty encouraging as far as this potentially being a genuine vagrant. What do you all think?(http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S33250333)
Andy
Andy
Sorry. It even looks domestic in the flight shot to me. Hopefully the link below is a composite of the eBird photos from a search from the Bird Identification section. For me also the plumage is off - too pallid in the upperwing and too pallid in the flanks.
https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/...region=Rhode Island, United States (US)&user=
I really do not see any way that this bird could realistically be considered to be a wild-type vagrant.
I spent some time looking at photos of Icelandic birds and also my own photos of birds from Europe.
All the best
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