Last weekend when observing Brent Geese on Texel (Waddensea side) I saw 2 or 3 very light-coloured individuals in the midst of a large group of "appropriately" dark looking Dark-bellied Brent Goose.
At first I assumed that I was observing Pale-bellied Brent Goose. But later I started to doubt...
Lakescape - 595
These beauties are
in no hurry to
leave Indian
waters ...
Corona ... or no
Corona ... they
will stay here till
mid to late April
to feed on the
grains fallen during
harvest ...
... before embarking
on their trans
Himalayan journey
... some of them even
flying clear above...
Lakescape - 593
Little prince
charming ...
... has a drip
after a dip ...
... smallest of
geese ... at 1 foot
only ...
... they sure
score in cuteness
... and
loveliness ... in
their breeding
plumage ...
_________
Cotton Pygmy Goose
Nettapus coromandelianus
Keoladeo National Park...
"Blue goose" is a pretty rare dark morph of the Snow Goose. Still the same species. Nearly 30 thousand Snow Geese, mostly from Wrangell Island in Russia, spend the winter in the Skagit Valley in Washington state and in British Columbia. They spend the night in the Puget Sound, and feed...
Nearly 30 thousand Snow Geese, mostly from Wrangell Island in Russia, spend the winter in the Skagit Valley in Washington state and in British Columbia. They spend the night in the Puget Sound, and feed in the fields during the day.
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