After everybody left this morning, I relocated and started taking record pictures of the two Pink-Footed Geese spotted today in the distance at Ferry Lane in South Windsor. The conditions were cloudy, rainy and cold - good for the geese and not good for picture taking. I lost track of the first PF goose, which was easy to do due to the conditions and the thousands of geese wandering in the fields. I thought I found it in another area and took more pictures. Pictures seem to show that this may be a third PF Goose: #1 pic's - shows a PF goose with a typical pink band in the bill with an indentation in the top of the bill; #2 pic's - shows a PF goose with a different pink band in the bill (probably the same bird seen in Windsor) #3 pic's - shows a PF goose with a typical pink band in the bill but no indentation in the top of the bill (probably the same one seen in Durham). Bill Asteriades South Glastonbury, CT https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=107669156179891091719&target=ALBUM&id=5715764661864361937&authkey=Gv1sRgCMbD0q2c0Y2K7gE&feat=email

I think #1 and #3 are the same bird. Aside from a very similar bill pattern the birds seem to show the same dark splotches at the side of the breast. I am not sure that the indentations you mention are not sn srtifact of the image My two cents Mark On Mar 3, 2012, at 3:52 PM, "Bill Asteriades" <Asterbunch@cox.net> wrote: > After everybody left this morning, I relocated and started taking record pictures of the two Pink-Footed Geese spotted today in the distance at Ferry Lane in South Windsor. The conditions were cloudy, rainy and cold - good for the geese and not good for picture taking. I lost track of the first PF goose, which was easy to do due to the conditions and the thousands of geese wandering in the fields. I thought I found it in another area and took more pictures. Pictures seem to show that this may be a third PF Goose: > > #1 pic's - shows a PF goose with a typical pink band in the bill with an indentation in the top of the bill; > #2 pic's - shows a PF goose with a different pink band in the bill (probably the same bird seen in Windsor) > #3 pic's - shows a PF goose with a typical pink band in the bill but no indentation in the top of the bill (probably the same one seen in Durham). > > Bill Asteriades > South Glastonbury, CT > > > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=107669156179891091719&target=ALBUM&id=5715764661864361937&authkey=Gv1sRgCMbD0q2c0Y2K7gE&feat=email > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org