The black stripes look like blades of eel grass to me. Roy Sent from my iPad On May 1, 2013, at 4:43 PM, Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This looks to me like a Snow Goose with some extra pigment. > > I'm not persuaded that the black stripes are plumage. Plastic? > > -- > Alan Contreras > Eugene, Oregon > > acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx > > I blog at: oregonreview.blogspot.com > > > > From: dawn <d_villa@xxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: <d_villa@xxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed, 01 May 2013 19:37:49 -0400 > To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <lcbno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [obol] Small white goose millport slough 5-1-2013 > > A couple of photos - it was smaller than the nearby Canada Geese, > http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/villaesc/media/Birds/IMG_5922_1_zpsb064fd6c.jpg.html > > http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/villaesc/media/Birds/IMG_5929_1_zps6ce053d1.jpg.html > > I waited until one of the Canada Geese swam near enough to get in the frame: > http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/villaesc/media/Birds/IMG_5943_1_zpsb6a2e42a.jpg.html > > Not sure what it is -- is it domestic? What are the black stripes (first > pic)? > > > dawn > Lincoln City/Nelscott > Blogging About the Coast > dvillabirds.blogspot.com > Sometimes things come when you stop looking > > >