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osprey0311

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Hi to all!
Could it be Anser brachrynchos?
Westrn Ukraine, today.
Thanks in advance!
 

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osprey0311 said:
apcdave, yes, but for example this is website, where You can see photos from Poland (less then 300 km from place where I made a photos) from 18/03/2016
http://clanga.com/index.php/gallery/show_by_birdname/Ptaki rzadkie i nieliczne/Pink-footed+Goose/2
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Small numbers also recorded in Lithuania every year, admittedly with flocks that are probably wintering in western Europe ...but it does show that Pink-foots are occurring in eastern Europe, so it wouldn't be such a major shock if an occasional record occurred in Ukraine.
 
Jos Stratford said:
Small numbers also recorded in Lithuania every year, admittedly with flocks that are probably wintering in western Europe ...but it does show that Pink-foots are occurring in eastern Europe, so it wouldn't be such a major shock if an occasional record occurred in Ukraine.
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Reasonable, as Svalbard Pinkfeet wintering in Netherlands / Denmark must occasionally get caught up with Tundra Beans from further east. But four together for a (first?) Ukrainian record strikes me as stretching credulity.
 
Nutcracker said:
But four together for a (first?) Ukrainian record strikes me as stretching credulity.
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Perhaps so, but geese tend to migrate in family parties, and therefore flocks of vagrants are actually not unusual. For example, Pink-feets are very rare around here (PT), but groups (apparently closely related birds) have occurred.
 
Nutcracker said:
Reasonable, as Svalbard Pinkfeet wintering in Netherlands / Denmark must occasionally get caught up with Tundra Beans from further east. But four together for a (first?) Ukrainian record strikes me as stretching credulity.
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I think they are Beans, but was just making the point to the poster who poured scorn with the 'million miles' comment. Even four together however is not beyond possibility - first record for Lithuania was a single bird about 15-20 years, but soon further records followed, including records of three or four birds. In Lithuania's case, they are now a regular small scale migrant, several being seen every year and it is likely that they were overlooked in earlier years. No big reason they couldn't get to Ukraine, a single bird or small group. A flock xof several hubdred would stretch credulity however :)
 
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