Most people are familiar with the Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens). Non-birders, though, are probably unaware there is another arctic-breeding, white migratory goose - the Ross's Goose (Chen rossii)
The Ross's is smaller, has a smaller head and much smaller bill that lacks the "grin patch" of the Snows.
Here's a photo of a Ross's and a Snow that I took a couple days ago just south of Crosby, North Dakota.
Also like the Snows, there is a dark-morph of the Ross's (I don't have a photo).
The Ross's is smaller, has a smaller head and much smaller bill that lacks the "grin patch" of the Snows.
Here's a photo of a Ross's and a Snow that I took a couple days ago just south of Crosby, North Dakota.
Also like the Snows, there is a dark-morph of the Ross's (I don't have a photo).
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