[Maine-birds] Northern Maine Birds: Pink-footed Goose, marked Canada Goose from Greenland

Hi all,

Today during my lunch hour, I found a Pink-footed Goose among about 400+ Canada Geese roosting on the mill pond in Mars Hill.  The bird was close but spent most of its time snoozing.  I managed some quick pics when the bird woke up and got a drink and repositioned in sleep mode.

The was also another marked Canada Goose in the pond.  The goose had a yellow collar with an alphanumeric code indicative of Greenland banded birds.   This was the seventh of these marked geese I've found this fall.

The geese are regular on the pond in midday and with unfavorable winds predicted for the next day and a half I expect this bird will hang around.  The pond is located just north of the intersection of Route 1 and Route 1A in Mars Hill.

Some photos are here: http://ebird.org/ebird/me/view/checklist?subID=S25578779

Good Birding.

Bill

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Bill Sheehan
Woodland, Aroostook Co., Maine
http://northernmainebirds.blogspot.com/

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