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Snow Goose (white morph, juvenile)

Chen caerulescens

Photo by Jellis
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Field Notes

Description:

An adult would be either pure white with black wingtips (white morph) or (blue morph) which is mostly bluish-grey with sometimes a white head and some white borders on the feathers.
This one is a white morph juvenile, so it doesn't have it all the white color yet and looks more like a light brown and a brown bill with a little pink showing. Snow Geese have a shorter neck then most geese.<br>They breed in the far northern continents. But winter in lower in North America and parts of Mexico.

Habitat:

The habitat for this bird was a lawn at public park

Notes:

Usually found wintering in Central Califonia, this one is just hanging out or resting to continue to it's destination. It was alone in a flock of Canada and Greater White-fronted geese.

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