I spent some time today trying to catch up with the Ross’s Goose that made a quick stop yesterday as reported at South Shore Yacht Club in Milwaukee. I found it early afternoon hanging out with some Canada Geese at Bay View Park on the lakefront. This is a grass area and it would have been nice to get it in the water, but you have to take what you can get I guess. It was a cloudy day with a good breeze from the west, cold temps around 25 degrees with an occasional light snow flurry. Images were taken on January 29th and on the 31st, 2017.
Ross’s Goose
Binomial name: Chen rossii
Category: Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Size: 23” long, 45” wing span
Weight: 2.7 lb
Range: An exciting visitor that is usually spotted a couple times a year in the state. The breeding range for this species is northern Canada, and migrates to parts of southwest US and Mexico.
Grazing
Grazing with the Canada Geese
Grazing with the Canada Geese
With a Canada Goose in the background
Ross’s Goose with a few flurries
Preening
Preening
Preening
A quick rest
Grazing
Grazing
A scratch
Ross’s Goose with a Canada Goose
Just looking
Grazing together
A little fluffed up
At you
One foot up
The back view
Nice photos, Jim! We had to drive all the way to Bosque del Apache last fall to find them. We should have waited patiently for them to show up in Wisconsin.
A Great capture Jim.
Thanks again for sharing.