With a (mostly) 3-day weekend, Tim and I decided to visit my parents. Original plan was to visist a museum with them, but then my dad decided golf would be better. So, I golfed...and birded.
Before arriving to my hometown, we made pit-stop in Valley Stream to see the pink-footed goose that continues to hang out behind the high school in Hendrickson Park. I love when my husband let's me do these things, and he helped me to look. I laughed after I told him he walked by it, way far past that it merited a phone call, as I didn't want to yell to him. This is after I explained what to look for, he's adorable when he helps me bird. Anyway, I found a goose napping in the morning sun, who didn't mind me observing him/her.
Anyway... enjoy-
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| oh hai! With pink legs and pink on its bill, it already has some noticeably different looks from a Canada goose. |
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| Also a uniform greyish-brown, smaller statue, and lack of the bold marks around the face and head make this guy look a lot different from the others. |
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| These geese typically breed in Iceland and Greenland and migrate into Europe, wintering in the UK, Netherlands, and Denmark. |
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| This bird also feels very stout, for its size. |
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| Perhaps this is why my husband walked right by the pink-footed... there was a lot of goose to scan through. |
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| A lot of goose. |
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| A nice pit-stop for a quick and easy life bird, the pink-footed goose! |
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