Texas goose (1 Viewer)

rylirk · Feb 17, 2019

Am I right in thinking picture 1 is a juv Snow Goose (with Canadas)? And picture 2 is a (non-countable) swan goose? Ransom Canyon today.

fugl · Feb 17, 2019

Yes to your IDs in both cases.

But you can count the Swan Goose if you want—there are no legally enforceable rules on the subject

rylirk · Feb 17, 2019

I assume they are generally not counted? In the same way muscovy ducks don't usually count outside of Mexico?

fugl · Feb 17, 2019

rylirk said:
I assume they are generally not counted? In the same way muscovy ducks don't usually count outside of Mexico?

Not by the competitive lister, no. . ..

Joern Lehmhus · Feb 17, 2019

fugl said:
Not by the competitive lister, no. . ..

also this is aso called Chinese goose, the domestic variant of swan goose. Thats a bit like counting your neighbours escaped chicken ....
A wildtype bird looks different:
http://xinjiang.birds.watch/taxons/27/fronpic1.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Anser_cygnoides-Beijing.jpg

Nutcracker · Feb 17, 2019

Joern Lehmhus said:
Thats a bit like counting your neighbours escaped chicken ....

That depends on whether it crossed the road . . . :-O

Joern Lehmhus · Feb 17, 2019

well, these two last year in China certainly did... but also weren´t what I had hoped for

rkj · Feb 17, 2019

I am wondering if the goose on the far left of the original post is a Cackling rather than a Canada.

rylirk · Feb 18, 2019

Yes could well be a cackling, most of the Canada flocks I have seen here have had one or two Cacklings mixed in