[Tweeters] High altitude geese photo ID help

[Robert O'Brien via Tweeters]

Wow, great photos.  And great that you submitted these.
My first reaction.  Necks too skinny for Geese,  Therefore Sandhill
Cranes.  Maybe?
I think so.
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/624234087
Just a guess, but I think such an observation at such an altitude might be
very significant.and worthy of further research.
Bob OBrien  Portland.

On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 3:09 PM Doug Plummer via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> I saw several skeins of geese of some kind at Mt Rainier this morning,

> flying over the mountain east of the summit. I was hiking on the Sourdough

> Trail at Sunrise. I absolutely cannot ID them. Alas, my settings were not

> optimal, but here are 3 photos. Can anyone help?

> https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougplummer/albums/72177720320635423/

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> Doug Plummer

> Seattle

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