[Tweeters] EMPEROR GOOSE over Seattle

[Jill Freidberg]

I’ve been hearing a lot of what I thought were Snow Geese, flying over the Central District, but I’m not very good at sound i.d. so am I more likely hearing Cackling Geese?

Jill


> On Oct 6, 2021, at 9:32 AM, Sam Fason <scfason at gmail.com> wrote:

> 

> Hi y’all,

> 

> While doing some PSO monitoring today from

> Myrtle Edwards park in downtown Seattle, I picked out an EMPEROR GOOSE from flock of 25 or so

> Cackling Geese. The flock crossed Elliott Bay going S and continued down the Duwamish, roughly over the East most ridge line of West Seattle. If you’re S of Seattle, check those geese!!! Could be worth poking around the Kent Valley, too.

> 

> I’ll attach digiscoped photos to my ebird checklist shortly.  

> 

> Good birding

> Sam Fason, Seattle

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