Goose Photograph - Snow Goose Water Landing Sequence #2 by Roy Williams

Snow Goose Water Landing Sequence #2 is a photograph by Roy Williams which was uploaded on April 15th, 2015.

Snow Goose Water Landing Sequence #2

A Snow Goose is executes a beautiful water landing on the lake at Murphy Park in Taylor, TX.... more

by Roy Williams

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Title

Snow Goose Water Landing Sequence #2

Artist

Roy Williams

Medium

Photograph - Digital Art

Description

A Snow Goose is executes a beautiful water landing on the lake at Murphy Park in Taylor, TX.

"The snow goose (Chen caerulescens), also known as the blue goose, is a North American species of goose. Its name derives from the typically white plumage. The genus of this bird is disputed. The American Ornithologists' Union and BirdLife International place this species and the other "white geese" in the Chen genus, while other authorities follow the traditional treatment of placing these species in the "gray goose" genus Anser."

"This goose breeds north of the timberline in Greenland, Canada, Alaska, and the northeastern tip of Siberia, and spends winters in warm parts of North America from southwestern British Columbia through parts of the United States to Mexico. They fly as far south as Texas and Mexico during winter, and return to nest on the Arctic tundra each spring. It is a rare vagrant to Europe, but a frequent escape from collections and an occasional feral breeder. Snow geese are visitors to the British Isles where they are seen regularly among flocks of barnacle, Brent and Greenland white-fronted geese. There is also a feral population in Scotland from which many vagrant birds in Britain seem to derive."

"The snow goose has two color plumage morphs, white (snow) or gray/blue (blue), thus the common description as "snows" and "blues." White-morph birds are white except for black wing tips, but blue-morph geese have bluish-grey plumage replacing the white except on the head, neck and tail tip. The immature blue phase is drab or slate-gray with little to no white on the head, neck, or belly. Both snow and blue phases have rose-red feet and legs, and pink bills with black tomia ("cutting edges"), giving them a black "grin patch." The colors are not as bright on the feet, legs, and bill of immature birds. The head can be stained rusty-brown from minerals in the soil where they feed. They are very vocal and can often be heard from more than a mile away." --Wikipedia

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April 15th, 2015