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Geese were hard to locate in the Truro area for the past couple of days, bu=
t today I found a big and growing flock of about 2500 Canadas right along H=
wy 311 in North River, Colchester Co. It was made up of about 20% Branta ca=
nadensis interior, a northeastern subarctic-arctic subspecies of Canada Goo=
se. One of these was the neck-ringed G7B, originally collared in Issungua, =
West Greenland, in July 2014, and seen last in October 2015 in the Shubenac=
adie area. This, it seems to me, is a very early arrival of Greenland birds=
, no doubt along with interiors from Labrador, northern Quebec, and maybe S=
W Baffin Island.
Also in the flock was a leucistic bird, probably B.c. canadensis, having a =
nearly totally white body, very lightly barred here and there in buff, but =
with a totally normal head and neck. Head down, which is how I first saw it=
, it could easily have been mistaken for a Snow Goose.
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<p>Geese were hard to locate in the Truro area for the past couple of days,=
but today I found a big and growing flock of about 2500 Canadas right alon=
g Hwy 311 in North River, Colchester Co. It was made up of about 20%
<i>Branta canadensis interior</i>, a northeastern subarctic-arctic subspeci=
es of Canada Goose. One of these was the neck-ringed G7B, originally collar=
ed in Issungua, West Greenland, in July 2014, and seen last in October 2015=
in the Shubenacadie area. This,
it seems to me, is a very early arrival of Greenland birds, no doubt along=
with <i>
interior</i>s from Labrador, northern Quebec, and maybe SW Baffin Isla=
nd. <br>
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<p>Also in the flock was a leucistic bird, probably <i>B.c. canadensis</i>,=
having a nearly totally white body, very lightly barred here and there in =
buff, but with a totally normal head and neck. Head down, which is how I fi=
rst saw it, it could easily have
been mistaken for a Snow Goose.<br>
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