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.
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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.
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Grazing
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Grazing with the Canada Geese
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Grazing with the Canada Geese
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![With a Canada Goose in the background](https://www.windowtowildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rIMG_9619_cr.jpg)
With a Canada Goose in the background
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Ross’s Goose with a few flurries
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Preening
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Preening
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Preening
![A quick rest](https://www.windowtowildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rIMG_0139_cr.jpg)
A quick rest
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Grazing
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Grazing
![A stratch](https://www.windowtowildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rIMG_9920_cr.jpg)
A scratch
![Ross's Goose with a Canada Goose](https://www.windowtowildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rIMG_9597_cr.jpg)
Ross’s Goose with a Canada Goose
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Just looking
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Grazing together
![A little fluffed up](https://www.windowtowildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rIMG_0111_cr.jpg)
A little fluffed up
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At you
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One foot up
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The back view