Bird of the Week – Greater White-fronted Goose
The Speckle-belly, as it’s known to hunters, is a medium-sized goose that mostly breeds in coastal Alaska, but is a fairly common sight in Alaska in spring migration.
Greater White-fronted Goose, Creamer’s Refuge, Spring 2014
It’s impossible to mistake a Speckle-belly for any other bird in Alaska; the orange bill with the white line is definitive.
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Another gorgeous photo, WC! Hot legs; that goose looks like a fashion model. Then again, one of the birds who feeds on my windowsill is known around these parts as Top Model Topsy.
They get large flocks of Specks,Snows and Blues at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge just North of Omaha,Neb on the Missouri River. See if you can spot the Specks in the accompanying photo.
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Nice legs! 🙂
quite greasy,I hear. 🙂
beautiful, beautiful!!
thank you WC
only passes through my part of Alaska