TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

A Piece of Snow in a Field of Geese Snow Goose- Chen caerulescens Snow, Chen caerulescens, Order Anseriformes-Family Anatidae, Subfamily Anserinae. Another Life and photo-first for me! Look closely. The lone white goose in a field of hundreds of Canada Geese is a Snow Goose. These birds were at the extreme northern end of Brookville Reservoir in SE Indiana near the Ohio border. Hundreds of geese were clustered just south of the Dunlapsville causeway. "A medium size goose that breeds in the arctic tundra. Populations seem to be increasing in North America." (Photo: Feb 1, 2005, Canon EOS 1D Mark II digital camera with 600mm f/4.0 L IS lens and and 2.0X TC ) More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Snow_Goose.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.