ML230280381

Age

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Sex

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Observation details

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/nf.birds/nEFZ1LukZSI | https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/nf.birds/W5-GoDSJToM | Uploaded on Dec 27th, 2016 by Alvan Buckley Quidi Vide Lake west end; phone call fide Bruce Mactavish 12:43 pm; 16 December 2005 Paul Linear On Friday afternoon pretty well everyone in town cashed in on the Ross's Goose. A surprisingly beautiful bird. Satin white plumage and cute pudgy face. Hopefully it will hang around for a while. A first for Nwefoundland and one of the few for Atlantic Canada. I know New Brunswick had it once but not sure if Nova Scotia has ever recorded it. The Ross's arrived during an unusual influx of Snow Geese into Atlantic Canada. In Nova Scotia there have been a dozen sightings of small groups and in Newfoundland 4 at Frenchman's Cove, Burin on Monday and one at Portugal Cove South. Such an influx in mid December doesn't make obvious sense. Seems a little late for migration. Keep an eye out. There are bound to be more white geese sightings in the next few days. BM

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 10D

ISO

200

Focal length

300 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/400 sec

Dimensions

1100 pixels x 667 pixels

Original file size

324 KB