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BIRDING AROUND

Two Cackling Geese offshore Port Clinton beach 7 December 2004; copyright Victor W. Fazio III 2004
a portion of the Canada Goose flock gathered along the beach at Port Clinton, Ottawa County, OH 7 December 2004; copyright 2004 Victor W. Fazio III

Port Clinton Beach:
Goose photo gallery 7 December 2004
Ottawa County, OH



An Audubon Important Bird Area
At left is a small segment of the gathering of Canada Geese along the Port Clinton beach. This annual staging has seen about double the average of recent years. Today, Ned Bixler and myself independently estimated 3000+ Canadas. With any such concentration, it is always worth a closer look for that odd bird.
What are those little ones above?


A Snow Goose, especially an adult white morph, is going to stand out amongst the throng.

But what is that white-headed goose in the upper left of the picture?

An adult white morph Snow Goose along the beach at Port Clinton, Ottawa County, OH 7 December 2004; copyright 2004 Victor W. Fazio III An adult white morph Snow Goose along the beach at Port Clinton, Ottawa County, OH 7 December 2004; copyright 2004 Victor W. Fazio III
An Apparent hybrid Snow Goose X Canada Goose Select this image for a closer examination of this apparent hybrid between a Snow Goose and a Canada Goose
Owned & Managed by Victor Fazio (dromaius@bright.net) / last modified 7 Dec 2004