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Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:48
ID help please. ID7
Author: Beng
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:48
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Hi. Which goose might this be ? My guess = Graylag goose (Anser anser) Very poor pictures, but the small movie is a little better.. Thanks //Ben
Re: ID help please. ID7
Author: Beng
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:38
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Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in news:FaqUWLCFxbLDFw+C@indaal.demon.co.uk: > > In article <Xns96D5D3A4A451Bxnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng > <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>Hi. >> >>Which goose might this be ? >> >>My guess = Graylag goose (Anser anser) >> >>Very poor pictures, but the small movie is a little better.. >> > But you haven't told us where either is :-( > Sorry.. http://orre.mine.nu/id/id7/id7.htm //Ben
Re: ID help please. ID7
Author: Beng
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:48
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Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in news:8N3qDoEwgdLDFw4W@indaal.demon.co.uk: > > In article <Xns96D5DC18F8343xnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng > <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>news:FaqUWLCFxbLDFw+C@indaal.demon.co.uk: >> >>> >>> In article <Xns96D5D3A4A451Bxnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng >>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>Hi. >>>> >>>>Which goose might this be ? >>>> >>>>My guess = Graylag goose (Anser anser) >>>> >>>>Very poor pictures, but the small movie is a little better.. >>>> >>> But you haven't told us where either is :-( >>> >> >>Sorry.. >> >>http://orre.mine.nu/id/id7/id7.htm >> >>//Ben >> > They are Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus, juvenile in the first > few pictures, adult in the remainder. > > Compare the bill shape and colour of Greylag and Pinkfoot on page 43 of > the Collins Bird Guide and you will see that Greylag has a much larger > bill, coloured all over, while the Pinkfoot has a dark bill with pink > over the top and along the sides. > But.. Pink-footed.. gotta be quite a sensation here ? No reports this year.. All pictures and movie is 100% the same bird. There was only one bird. But I have to agree.. the bill WAS really small.. the bird was totally un-shy.. I could go about 2 meters near.. The photos are bad because it was dark.. so shaking-unstibility occoured.. It seems to be darker at top of bill too? as the Pink-footed.. Well well, I got to get some more opinion on this one.. If it really IS Pink-footed.. I would be VERY pleased.. I don't "have "that one. //Ben
Re: ID help please. ID7
Author: Beng
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:46
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:46
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Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in news:gW1dlII60lLDFw6A@indaal.demon.co.uk: > > In article <Xns96D5F2230E83Exnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng > <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>news:8N3qDoEwgdLDFw4W@indaal.demon.co.uk: >> >>> >>> In article <Xns96D5DC18F8343xnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng >>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>>>news:FaqUWLCFxbLDFw+C@indaal.demon.co.uk: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> In article <Xns96D5D3A4A451Bxnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng >>>>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>>>Hi. >>>>>> >>>>>>Which goose might this be ? >>>>>> >>>>>>My guess = Graylag goose (Anser anser) >>>>>> >>>>>>Very poor pictures, but the small movie is a little better.. >>>>>> >>>>> But you haven't told us where either is :-( >>>>> >>>> >>>>Sorry.. >>>> >>>>http://orre.mine.nu/id/id7/id7.htm >>>> >>>>//Ben >>>> >>> They are Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus, juvenile in the first >>> few pictures, adult in the remainder. >>> >>> Compare the bill shape and colour of Greylag and Pinkfoot on page 43 >>of >>> the Collins Bird Guide and you will see that Greylag has a much larger >>> bill, coloured all over, while the Pinkfoot has a dark bill with pink >>> over the top and along the sides. >>> >> >>But.. Pink-footed.. gotta be quite a sensation here ? No reports this >>year.. >> >>All pictures and movie is 100% the same bird. There was only one bird. >> > OK. I've had another look and the variation I thought I saw is in the > photographs not the bird. The first three photos are so dark that some > of the features aren't visible. > >>But I have to agree.. the bill WAS really small.. the bird was totally >>un-shy.. I could go about 2 meters near.. >> >>The photos are bad because it was dark.. so shaking-unstibility >>occoured.. >> >>It seems to be darker at top of bill too? as the Pink-footed.. >> >>Well well, I got to get some more opinion on this one.. >> >>If it really IS Pink-footed.. I would be VERY pleased.. I don't "have >>"that one. >> > Oh it really IS pink-footed. There is absolutely no doubt about that. > The fact that it was so tame suggests that it may not have been > completely fit. I notice that in the last photo the right wing tip is > trailing slightly below the tail feathers instead of being on top like > the left wing. This is sometimes a sign of some injury. > Well, I have to agree. And it was still there today, and now I got GOOD photos !! It doesn't look injured, but maybe unable to fly. Today I got as close as 1 meter.. take a look: http://orre.mine.nu/id/id7/id7.htm //Ben
Re: ID help please. ID7
Author: Beng
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:03
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:03
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Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in news:SudRrCZZUpLDFw+K@indaal.demon.co.uk: > > In article <Xns96D677D5E8D68xnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng > <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>news:gW1dlII60lLDFw6A@indaal.demon.co.uk: >> >>> >>> In article <Xns96D5F2230E83Exnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng >>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>>>news:8N3qDoEwgdLDFw4W@indaal.demon.co.uk: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> In article <Xns96D5DC18F8343xnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng >>>>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>>>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>>>>>news:FaqUWLCFxbLDFw+C@indaal.demon.co.uk: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In article <Xns96D5D3A4A451Bxnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, >>Beng >>>>>>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>>>>>Hi. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Which goose might this be ? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>My guess = Graylag goose (Anser anser) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Very poor pictures, but the small movie is a little better.. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> But you haven't told us where either is :-( >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Sorry.. >>>>>> >>>>>>http://orre.mine.nu/id/id7/id7.htm >>>>>> >>>>>>//Ben >>>>>> >>>>> They are Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus, juvenile in the >>first >>>>> few pictures, adult in the remainder. >>>>> >>>>> Compare the bill shape and colour of Greylag and Pinkfoot on page 43 >>>>of >>>>> the Collins Bird Guide and you will see that Greylag has a much >>larger >>>>> bill, coloured all over, while the Pinkfoot has a dark bill with >>pink >>>>> over the top and along the sides. >>>>> >>>> >>>>But.. Pink-footed.. gotta be quite a sensation here ? No reports this >>>>year.. >>>> >>>>All pictures and movie is 100% the same bird. There was only one bird. >>>> >>> OK. I've had another look and the variation I thought I saw is in the >>> photographs not the bird. The first three photos are so dark that some >>> of the features aren't visible. >>> >>>>But I have to agree.. the bill WAS really small.. the bird was totally >>>>un-shy.. I could go about 2 meters near.. >>>> >>>>The photos are bad because it was dark.. so shaking-unstibility >>>>occoured.. >>>> >>>>It seems to be darker at top of bill too? as the Pink-footed.. >>>> >>>>Well well, I got to get some more opinion on this one.. >>>> >>>>If it really IS Pink-footed.. I would be VERY pleased.. I don't "have >>>>"that one. >>>> >>> Oh it really IS pink-footed. There is absolutely no doubt about that. >>> The fact that it was so tame suggests that it may not have been >>> completely fit. I notice that in the last photo the right wing tip is >>> trailing slightly below the tail feathers instead of being on top like >>> the left wing. This is sometimes a sign of some injury. >>> >> >>Well, I have to agree. And it was still there today, and now I got GOOD >>photos !! >> >>It doesn't look injured, but maybe unable to fly. Today I got as close >>as 1 meter.. >> >>take a look: >> >>http://orre.mine.nu/id/id7/id7.htm >> > Those are better pics! The bird is a juvenile, hatched this year. It > might be a Bean Goose rather than a Pinkfoot, which is much more likely > bearing in mind where you live! > Hmm.. so you would say Bean goose now ??? I've had lots of opinions from the local and national ornitologists, and they ALL say pink-footed.. //Ben
Re: ID help please. ID7
Author: Beng
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:05
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:05
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Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in news:SudRrCZZUpLDFw+K@indaal.demon.co.uk: > > In article <Xns96D677D5E8D68xnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng > <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>news:gW1dlII60lLDFw6A@indaal.demon.co.uk: >> >>> >>> In article <Xns96D5F2230E83Exnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng >>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>>>news:8N3qDoEwgdLDFw4W@indaal.demon.co.uk: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> In article <Xns96D5DC18F8343xnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng >>>>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>>>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>>>>>news:FaqUWLCFxbLDFw+C@indaal.demon.co.uk: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In article <Xns96D5D3A4A451Bxnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, >>Beng >>>>>>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>>>>>Hi. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Which goose might this be ? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>My guess = Graylag goose (Anser anser) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Very poor pictures, but the small movie is a little better.. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> But you haven't told us where either is :-( >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Sorry.. >>>>>> >>>>>>http://orre.mine.nu/id/id7/id7.htm >>>>>> >>>>>>//Ben >>>>>> >>>>> They are Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus, juvenile in the >>first >>>>> few pictures, adult in the remainder. >>>>> >>>>> Compare the bill shape and colour of Greylag and Pinkfoot on page 43 >>>>of >>>>> the Collins Bird Guide and you will see that Greylag has a much >>larger >>>>> bill, coloured all over, while the Pinkfoot has a dark bill with >>pink >>>>> over the top and along the sides. >>>>> >>>> >>>>But.. Pink-footed.. gotta be quite a sensation here ? No reports this >>>>year.. >>>> >>>>All pictures and movie is 100% the same bird. There was only one bird. >>>> >>> OK. I've had another look and the variation I thought I saw is in the >>> photographs not the bird. The first three photos are so dark that some >>> of the features aren't visible. >>> >>>>But I have to agree.. the bill WAS really small.. the bird was totally >>>>un-shy.. I could go about 2 meters near.. >>>> >>>>The photos are bad because it was dark.. so shaking-unstibility >>>>occoured.. >>>> >>>>It seems to be darker at top of bill too? as the Pink-footed.. >>>> >>>>Well well, I got to get some more opinion on this one.. >>>> >>>>If it really IS Pink-footed.. I would be VERY pleased.. I don't "have >>>>"that one. >>>> >>> Oh it really IS pink-footed. There is absolutely no doubt about that. >>> The fact that it was so tame suggests that it may not have been >>> completely fit. I notice that in the last photo the right wing tip is >>> trailing slightly below the tail feathers instead of being on top like >>> the left wing. This is sometimes a sign of some injury. >>> >> >>Well, I have to agree. And it was still there today, and now I got GOOD >>photos !! >> >>It doesn't look injured, but maybe unable to fly. Today I got as close >>as 1 meter.. >> >>take a look: >> >>http://orre.mine.nu/id/id7/id7.htm >> > Those are better pics! The bird is a juvenile, hatched this year. It > might be a Bean Goose rather than a Pinkfoot, which is much more likely > bearing in mind where you live! > But.. the leg-color then ?? Bean goose = orange legs ? This one does NOT have orange legs. So, I would say Pink-footed.. //Ben
Re: ID help please. ID7
Author: Beng
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:59
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:59
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Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in news:eFUixMm$rtLDFwd0 @indaal.demon.co.uk: > > In article <Xns96D6ADD778324xnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng > <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>news:SudRrCZZUpLDFw+K@indaal.demon.co.uk: >> >>> >>> In article <Xns96D677D5E8D68xnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng >>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>>>news:gW1dlII60lLDFw6A@indaal.demon.co.uk: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> In article <Xns96D5F2230E83Exnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng >>>>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>>>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>>>>>news:8N3qDoEwgdLDFw4W@indaal.demon.co.uk: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In article <Xns96D5DC18F8343xnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, >>Beng >>>>>>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>>>>>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>>>>>>>news:FaqUWLCFxbLDFw+C@indaal.demon.co.uk: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In article <Xns96D5D3A4A451Bxnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, >>>>Beng >>>>>>>>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>>>>>>>Hi. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Which goose might this be ? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>My guess = Graylag goose (Anser anser) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Very poor pictures, but the small movie is a little better.. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> But you haven't told us where either is :-( >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Sorry.. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>http://orre.mine.nu/id/id7/id7.htm >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>//Ben >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> They are Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus, juvenile in the >>>>first >>>>>>> few pictures, adult in the remainder. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Compare the bill shape and colour of Greylag and Pinkfoot on page >>43 >>>>>>of >>>>>>> the Collins Bird Guide and you will see that Greylag has a much >>>>larger >>>>>>> bill, coloured all over, while the Pinkfoot has a dark bill with >>>>pink >>>>>>> over the top and along the sides. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>But.. Pink-footed.. gotta be quite a sensation here ? No reports >>this >>>>>>year.. >>>>>> >>>>>>All pictures and movie is 100% the same bird. There was only one >>bird. >>>>>> >>>>> OK. I've had another look and the variation I thought I saw is in >>the >>>>> photographs not the bird. The first three photos are so dark that >>some >>>>> of the features aren't visible. >>>>> >>>>>>But I have to agree.. the bill WAS really small.. the bird was >>totally >>>>>>un-shy.. I could go about 2 meters near.. >>>>>> >>>>>>The photos are bad because it was dark.. so shaking-unstibility >>>>>>occoured.. >>>>>> >>>>>>It seems to be darker at top of bill too? as the Pink-footed.. >>>>>> >>>>>>Well well, I got to get some more opinion on this one.. >>>>>> >>>>>>If it really IS Pink-footed.. I would be VERY pleased.. I don't >>"have >>>>>>"that one. >>>>>> >>>>> Oh it really IS pink-footed. There is absolutely no doubt about >>that. >>>>> The fact that it was so tame suggests that it may not have been >>>>> completely fit. I notice that in the last photo the right wing tip >>is >>>>> trailing slightly below the tail feathers instead of being on top >>like >>>>> the left wing. This is sometimes a sign of some injury. >>>>> >>>> >>>>Well, I have to agree. And it was still there today, and now I got >>GOOD >>>>photos !! >>>> >>>>It doesn't look injured, but maybe unable to fly. Today I got as close >>>>as 1 meter.. >>>> >>>>take a look: >>>> >>>>http://orre.mine.nu/id/id7/id7.htm >>>> >>> Those are better pics! The bird is a juvenile, hatched this year. It >>> might be a Bean Goose rather than a Pinkfoot, which is much more >>likely >>> bearing in mind where you live! >>> >> >>But.. the leg-color then ?? Bean goose = orange legs ? >> >>This one does NOT have orange legs. >> > It's legs are actually quite bright for a juvenile. And not as pure pink > as all that. And Bean Geese can, rarely, have pink legs! > >>So, I would say Pink-footed.. >> > It's the bill I'm looking at mostly. It's got an awful lot of colour on > it for a Pinkfoot and is quite deep at the base, both a bit more like > Bean than Pinkfoot. > > But ..the bill is also small? And, the bird itself was not very big.. Now I am confused... Bean or Pink-footed... :( But again.. really reliable people says Pink-footed.. but I also have a lot of trust in your opinion... Or, should we say that it is impossible to decide betweeen Bean and Pink-footed ??? //Ben
Re: ID help please. ID7
Author: Beng
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:03
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:03
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Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in news:lkp8pjqJbvLDFw5 +@indaal.demon.co.uk: > > In article <Xns96D6B71272A57xnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng > <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in news:eFUixMm$rtLDFwd0 >>@indaal.demon.co.uk: >> >>> >>> In article <Xns96D6ADD778324xnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng >>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>>>news:SudRrCZZUpLDFw+K@indaal.demon.co.uk: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> In article <Xns96D677D5E8D68xnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, Beng >>>>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>>>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>>>>>news:gW1dlII60lLDFw6A@indaal.demon.co.uk: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In article <Xns96D5F2230E83Exnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, >>Beng >>>>>>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>>>>>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>>>>>>>news:8N3qDoEwgdLDFw4W@indaal.demon.co.uk: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In article <Xns96D5DC18F8343xnews88REMOVEyahoose@130.133.1.4>, >>>>Beng >>>>>>>>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>>>>>>>Malcolm <Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>>>>>>>>>news:FaqUWLCFxbLDFw+C@indaal.demon.co.uk: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> In article <Xns96D5D3A4A451Bxnews88REMOVEyahoose@ 130.133.1.4>, >>>>>>Beng >>>>>>>>>>> <xnews88REMOVE@yahoo.se> writes >>>>>>>>>>>>Hi. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>Which goose might this be ? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>My guess = Graylag goose (Anser anser) >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>Very poor pictures, but the small movie is a little better.. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> But you haven't told us where either is :-( >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Sorry.. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>http://orre.mine.nu/id/id7/id7.htm >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>//Ben >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> They are Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus, juvenile in the >>>>>>first >>>>>>>>> few pictures, adult in the remainder. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Compare the bill shape and colour of Greylag and Pinkfoot on >>page >>>>43 >>>>>>>>of >>>>>>>>> the Collins Bird Guide and you will see that Greylag has a much >>>>>>larger >>>>>>>>> bill, coloured all over, while the Pinkfoot has a dark bill with >>>>>>pink >>>>>>>>> over the top and along the sides. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>But.. Pink-footed.. gotta be quite a sensation here ? No reports >>>>this >>>>>>>>year.. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>All pictures and movie is 100% the same bird. There was only one >>>>bird. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> OK. I've had another look and the variation I thought I saw is in >>>>the >>>>>>> photographs not the bird. The first three photos are so dark that >>>>some >>>>>>> of the features aren't visible. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>But I have to agree.. the bill WAS really small.. the bird was >>>>totally >>>>>>>>un-shy.. I could go about 2 meters near.. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>The photos are bad because it was dark.. so shaking-unstibility >>>>>>>>occoured.. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>It seems to be darker at top of bill too? as the Pink-footed.. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Well well, I got to get some more opinion on this one.. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>If it really IS Pink-footed.. I would be VERY pleased.. I don't >>>>"have >>>>>>>>"that one. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Oh it really IS pink-footed. There is absolutely no doubt about >>>>that. >>>>>>> The fact that it was so tame suggests that it may not have been >>>>>>> completely fit. I notice that in the last photo the right wing tip >>>>is >>>>>>> trailing slightly below the tail feathers instead of being on top >>>>like >>>>>>> the left wing. This is sometimes a sign of some injury. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Well, I have to agree. And it was still there today, and now I got >>>>GOOD >>>>>>photos !! >>>>>> >>>>>>It doesn't look injured, but maybe unable to fly. Today I got as >>close >>>>>>as 1 meter.. >>>>>> >>>>>>take a look: >>>>>> >>>>>>http://orre.mine.nu/id/id7/id7.htm >>>>>> >>>>> Those are better pics! The bird is a juvenile, hatched this year. >>It >>>>> might be a Bean Goose rather than a Pinkfoot, which is much more >>>>likely >>>>> bearing in mind where you live! >>>>> >>>> >>>>But.. the leg-color then ?? Bean goose = orange legs ? >>>> >>>>This one does NOT have orange legs. >>>> >>> It's legs are actually quite bright for a juvenile. And not as pure >>pink >>> as all that. And Bean Geese can, rarely, have pink legs! >>> >>>>So, I would say Pink-footed.. >>>> >>> It's the bill I'm looking at mostly. It's got an awful lot of colour >>on >>> it for a Pinkfoot and is quite deep at the base, both a bit more like >>> Bean than Pinkfoot. >>> >>> >> >>But ..the bill is also small? >> > But the bill of some bean geese is not large. > >>And, the bird itself was not very big.. >> > Nor are some bean geese. > >>Now I am confused... Bean or Pink-footed... :( >> > Almost certainly Pink-footed, but it is a strange bird in a strange > place and I just said it "might" be Bean to get you thinking :-) > >>But again.. really reliable people says Pink-footed.. but I also have a >>lot of trust in your opinion... >> > I think they are very probably right. > >>Or, should we say that it is impossible to decide betweeen Bean and >>Pink-footed ??? >> > Sometimes. > > I believe this bird is a Pinkfoot, but some of its charactistics are not > entirely typical. > Ok, I have really tried to compare to the book.. and I would say Pink- footed. Dont'n know if you got my earlier "other opinion".. here it is any way. And, thanks for your effort Malc ! "Yes, it is a Pink-footed goose. Shortbilled with pink point of bill and also pink legs (pink/red is a better description). On the pictures whitout flash one can see the brighter tail (than Bean goose) and and the brighter back (extra obvious silvercolour on some feaders). Back: silver in there. Neck and head deeper chokolate-brown than Bean. The light tips on any feader at back and wings indicates young bird." //Ben
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