This blue-phase Snow Goose knows how to stand out in a crowd. Numbers of white geese at Bosque were low during my visit, but the Ross's Geese seemed to outnumber the Snow Geese. It was a relatively slow day for birds at Bosque del Apache, but even a slow day there beats most places I’ve birded.
This blue-phase Snow Goose knows how to stand out in a crowd. Numbers of white geese at Bosque were low during my visit, but the Ross's Geese seemed to outnumber the Snow Geese. It was a relatively slow day for birds at Bosque del Apache, but even a slow day there beats most places I’ve birded.
This blue-phase Snow Goose knows how to stand out in a crowd. Numbers of white geese at Bosque were low during my visit, but the Ross's Geese seemed to outnumber the Snow Geese. It was a relatively slow day for birds at Bosque del Apache, but even a slow day there beats most places I’ve birded.
This blue-phase Snow Goose knows how to stand out in a crowd. Numbers of white geese at Bosque were low during my visit, but the Ross's Geese seemed to outnumber the Snow Geese. It was a relatively slow day for birds at Bosque del Apache, but even a slow day there beats most places I’ve birded.
This blue-phase Snow Goose knows how to stand out in a crowd. Numbers of white geese at Bosque were low during my visit, but the Ross's Geese seemed to outnumber the Snow Geese. It was a relatively slow day for birds at Bosque del Apache, but even a slow day there beats most places I’ve birded.
This blue-phase Snow Goose knows how to stand out in a crowd. Numbers of white geese at Bosque were low during my visit, but the Ross's Geese seemed to outnumber the Snow Geese. It was a relatively slow day for birds at Bosque del Apache, but even a slow day there beats most places I’ve birded.
This blue-phase Snow Goose knows how to stand out in a crowd. Numbers of white geese at Bosque were low during my visit, but the Ross's Geese seemed to outnumber the Snow Geese. It was a relatively slow day for birds at Bosque del Apache, but even a slow day there beats most places I’ve birded.
This blue-phase Snow Goose knows how to stand out in a crowd. Numbers of white geese at Bosque were low during my visit, but the Ross's Geese seemed to outnumber the Snow Geese. It was a relatively slow day for birds at Bosque del Apache, but even a slow day there beats most places I’ve birded.

Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)

Snow Goose

(Anser caerulescens)

Description:

This blue-phase Snow Goose knows how to stand out in a crowd. Numbers of white geese at Bosque were low during my visit, but the Ross’s Geese seemed to outnumber the Snow Geese. It was a relatively slow day for birds at Bosque del Apache, but even a slow day there beats most places I’ve birded.

Date Taken: 2020:11:30 15:14

Location:

Bosque del Apache NWR
San Antonio, New Mexico
United States
4511.37 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000

File Name: SnowGoose_D5X4242-BosqueDelApache

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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