[SBB] Byxbee Park: Ross's Goose and Greater White-fronted Geese

[Joseph Morlan <[[email protected]]>]

Today Robbie Fischer and I visited Byxbee Park in Palo Alto in search of
the Snow Goose which had been seen there recently.  

We met a couple of birders who said they had just seen the Snow Goose and
pointed us in the direction of where they had seen it.  Perhaps we saw a
different bird, but the bird we saw, looked more like a ROSS'S GOOSE to us.
I suppose it might be a hybrid, but I don't think so.

Photos are at:

http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2976884500040004820eVlwaZ

http://image58.webshots.com/158/3/97/64/2594397640040004820eMHNZQ_ph.jpg

The bird was along the southeast end of the Hilltop Trail before it drops
down to the Adobe Creek Trail at Mayfield Slough.

http://www.waltscycle.com/images/localcycling/baylands.pdf

We were also surprised to see a flock of five GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE,
four adults and one immature.  All showed characters of the expected race
A. a. frontalis.

A photo is at:

http://image57.webshots.com/457/0/87/91/2246087910040004820XBvelh_ph.jpg

They were near the northwest end of the park.



-- 
Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA 94044   jmorlan (at) ccsf.edu 
SF Birding Classes start March 27   http://fog.ccsf.edu/~jmorlan/
California Bird Records Committee   http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/cbrc/

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