[wisb] ID Help: Large white birds with black wing-tips over Fox River, Outagamie Co
- From: timarytm@xxxxxxxxx
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 13:02:02 -0700 (PDT)
I saw three very beautiful BRIGHT white large birds with black on the ends of
their wings flying in formation or unison last week over the Fox River by the
Appleton Locks. They were quite high up and I did not have my binoculars to get
good looks but they were definitely larger than the gulls in the area. My
waterfowl knowledge is slight...some kind of goose? pelicans? Less than an hour
ago I noticed 12 of these flying over the river and again the brightness of the
white is remarkable....the wings long and rather thin, the necks long, the
black
on the ends of each wing quite wide. The 12 were in a flock but not in any
particular shape (like geese are in a V). Then I noticed two more together
following the larger group. Any one offer an ID for me? I could not see the
feet nor hear any sounds made by them but the grackles and gulls were making
quite a lot of sounds at ground level.
Thanks!!
Mary Maertz
Appleton, Outagamie Co.
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