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Snow Goose
Chen caerulescens
33.7377, -96.7662
Field Notes
Description:
The Snow Goose is a white-bodied goose with black wingtips that are barely visible on the ground but noticeable in flight. The pink bill has a dark line along it, often called a "grinning patch" or "black lips." Juveniles, slightly smaller, look like adults, but have some gray shading on their sides.
Habitat:
First small group at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge:
http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=21580
They were with Greater White-fronted geese.
Notes:
Snow Geese don’t like to travel without the company of another couple dozen geese and can form flocks of several hundred thousand. Family groups forage together on wintering grounds, digging up roots and tubers from muddy fields and marshes. In flight, they are steady on the wing with even wingbeats.
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