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Ross's geese        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Compared to the considerably larger snow goose, the Ross's goose is almost 'cute': it is petite and has a smaller bill with a 'warty' base -- rather extreme in some of the birds in these photos.   Like the snow goose, the Ross's goose has a 'blue' morph but it is extremely rare; we saw none of them at Bosque in 2012, and only one or two in previous visits.

  • Canon 1D4, 800 mm f5.6 IS lens, some with 1.4X, fill-in flash on some (2012)