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21-01-2008, 08:26 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hull
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| | | Help ID goose
I saw a lonesome goose yesterday in the park in Hull. It was swimming amongst greylags and Canada geese, but they didn't like its company and the Canada goose attacked it. It was much smaller than both species and quite nervous, swam away when it realized I was taking photos. Any idea of what is it?
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21-01-2008, 08:41 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northants
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| | | Re: Help ID goose
Hi, I am not sure on this one, but I will stick my neck out and suggest a juvenile pink footed goose.  |
21-01-2008, 09:06 PM
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| | | Re: Help ID goose
Yep seconded !!
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21-01-2008, 09:14 PM
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Thanks a lot Magpie Mick and 2dogs2000. I think so too looking at my bird guide now!  |
21-01-2008, 09:17 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nairn,Nairnshire,Scotland
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| | | Re: Help ID goose
Just had a check in the collins complete british Birds going by the photo it looks more like the Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
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21-01-2008, 09:50 PM
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| | | Re: Help ID goose
Hi Big Bill, yes, there are actually two greylags in the photo (foreground in the picture where they are swimming), my mystery goose is swimming behind the first greylag, its got a darker hue and a short beak, with black tip and dark pinkish middle bit. It is much smaller than the greylags. It does not have pale fringes in its back feathers... |
22-01-2008, 07:21 AM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Coventry
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| | | Re: Help ID goose
I don't know if it's me but I can't see any photos attached.
John |
22-01-2008, 07:52 AM
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| | | Re: Help ID goose
Definitely a pink-footed goose. The other two in the 2nd picture are indeed graylags, so you can compare. |
22-01-2008, 11:06 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Yorkshire ( Gods Country )
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| | | Re: Help ID goose
Looks like a Pink foot to me,,, Would that be Pearson Park???
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22-01-2008, 04:31 PM
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| | | Re: Help ID goose
ok, so I had to go into the unidentified section to find the photos. Have you all had to do that or were there links in this thread. If they were they weren't coming up on my screen.
Pink-footed Goose for definite.
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