FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Kingston Ross's, Snow Geese

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Sunday, November 16, 2003
Kingston Steam Plant, Roane Co., TN

This morning the 6 Ross's Geese were still present in the upper "ponds", but 
around 10:30 am they left with a flock of 26 Snow Geese.  The Snow Goose flock 
included 12 dark form birds.  They flew in from the end opposite the 
smokestacks, circled over the ponds several times, calling the whole time.  The 
Ross's 
Geese called as they flew up together to join them.  The combined flock 
circled some more, then left in the direction of the smokestacks.  Their calls 
were 
interesting.  The Snows' reminded me of squeaks from rubbing a balloon.  The 
Ross's was less musical, more like buzzers.  The Ross's wingbeats seemed less 
deep, and their necks seemed proportionately shorter.  Having seen only a 
single Ross's before this, and Snows only one at a time mixed in with Canda 
Geese, 
I was, to say the least, moved by this sight!  Another birder witnessed the 
spectacle also, Roseanne Denton (spelling?) from Kentucky, who was in the area 
to see the Sage Thrasher.

Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
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