[TN-Bird] Re: Lone Ross's Goose the AXIOM - It is TRUE!!
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- To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:38:44 -0500 (EST)
Feeling left out here in East TN (where both Snow and Ross's are
somewhat rare) so thought I would join the fray. :-)
I agree that any such axiom or rule of thumb is susceptible to human
traits and we are more likely to reinforce the 'truth' of the rule
in our own minds when evidence supports the rule than cast doubt upon
it when it we see evidence that contradicts the rule ('Awww, that's
just an exception').
That said, at the Pellissippi State pond here in west Knox Co, there
have been 3 or 4 'lone white goose' occurrences within the last 10
years that were all Ross's. I don't know that any of these are in eBird.
During that time, there was only 1 occurrence of a single white Snow
Goose but not sure it counts as it was also in the company of a BLUE
Snow Goose and a Greater White-fronted Goose (and the requisite Canadas).
And there was a post on the Carolina Birds listserv just this morning
of a 'lone white goose' in the Wilmington area... yep, Ross's.
Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN
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