ML46999271

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

There were two family groups of 5 birds each and a lone CACG in between both mixed in with the Canada geese. FAMILY GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL GOOSE SEPERATED BY ENOUGH DISTANCE TO ENSURE NO DOUBLE COUNTING. The CACG were noticeably paler than the Canada geese, with a silver upper part, stubby bill and some with blocky head other with slight rounding of head. Birds had white breast, one individual showed some rust around breast which could have been water staining. Some birds had faint white collar around neck. Looking through subpopulations of geese worked much better to find these geese than scanning for odd goose (actually was scanning for ROGO, when came upon the first family set of geese, then switched scanning to looking for subpopulations in the many Canada geese which successfully lead to finding second family set). The one family group was very territorial often chasing away the much larger Canada geese that came too close to the family group. Based off size was able to determine male from females in one of the family groups, males being noticeably larger but still showed enough difference from Canada geese to be readily separated.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D

ISO

320

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/8.0

Shutter speed

1/320 sec

Dimensions

4312 pixels x 1424 pixels

Original file size

785.34 KB