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Not cranes, no legs. The shortish necks make me think Cackler or Snow. Lack of wing-tip contrast would make me think Cacklers. Some of the larger ones, with longer necks, might be one of the smaller subspecies of Canadas.
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<span class="signature-truncate"><span class="signature-truncate">Hal Michael<br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Board of Directors, </span><a style="font-size: 12pt;" href="http://ecowb.org/">Ecologists Without Borders</a></span></span>
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On 09/27/2024 5:19 PM PDT Robert O'Brien via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:
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Wow, great photos. And great that you submitted these.
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My first reaction. Necks too skinny for Geese, Therefore Sandhill Cranes. Maybe?
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I think so.
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<a href="https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/624234087" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/624234087</a>
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Just a guess, but I think such an observation at such an altitude might be very significant.and worthy of further research.
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On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 3:09 PM Doug Plummer via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:
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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? <a id="m_2943547953568019155gmail-OWA8cf965a8-e096-9f89-c42a-c9c0083d00b5" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougplummer/albums/72177720320635423/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!lm0HPNps_3yCGTTBRBTmSwu2DusRwhg4CT_t96LuYFQzo0Bj2p8vCL4v86NXSoSHud-INtiqfse8Y2qKf8LQQCM$" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougplummer/albums/72177720320635423/</a>
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