[TN-Bird] Standifer Gap Marsh, Snow Goose

November 15, 2002
Standifer Gap Marsh, Chattanooga

Snow Goose, Lesser, 1 dark adult in green grass between black top road and 
marsh, near pond. I was able to observe it about 100 feet from my truck window 
for the 15 minutes or so it took to take a page of notes and compare it to 
guides.

To save space, it matched the Dark adult standing illustration page 79 in 
Sibley's, including yellow-pink upper mandible and dark lower mandible, and 
pink legs, and the noticable white stripes lengthwise on the wing,

except for dull dark gray patches around the eyes, looking like some juvenile 
color remaining.

It also flew a short distance and displayed the dark juvenile pattern as viewed 
from above.

It was still there when I left, 11:30 AM, but I couldn't find it a half hour 
later when I passed the spot again.

David Patterson
Chattanooga

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