Snow Goose(Chen caerulescens)
Winters in NC in large numbers from the Outer Banks to the upper coastal plain refuges (Alligator River, Pungo, Lake Mattamuskeet, etc.).
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)Dare Co., NC10 Dec 2006Dark morph "Blue Goose" in the background with white morph in the foreground.
'Greater' Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)Pea Island NWR, Dare Co., NC10 Nov 2007You can report sightings of live 'Greater' Snow Geese with neck collars at this website:http://www.cen.ulaval.ca/gon-gsg/en_description.htmClick on the links on that site to either report your sighting or to search for information about a specific collar you've seen.This female goose is over 12 years old. It was banded as an adult on Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada in 1997.Note that DEAD birds should be reported to the Bird Banding Lab at http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/homepage/recwobnd.cfm.
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)Pungo Unit, Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Hyde Co., NC11 Jan 2015
Dark morph "Blue Goose" (Chen caerulescens)Kalamazoo Co., MI15 Mar 2004
Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens)Dare Co., NC10 Dec 2006A common sight of the upper North Carolina coastal plain, Snow Geese are white bodies with white wings and black wingtips.
Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens)Hyde Co., NC28 Jan 2007This is a tiny fraction of the Snow Goose flock, present every year, at Pungo Unit of Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. Note that there are lots of Tundra Swans already in the field.
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