Well done at getting a few snaps Tim. My initial impression is that the bird
looks just a bit too big for Ross's and maybe about right for Lesser Snow. I
believe a pale blue base to bill is a bit diagnostic. The UK bird mags regularly
show pictures of Ross's, and they appear fairly frequently on the Surfbirds UK
gallery.

Malcolm


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> From: tim.wootton@... <tim.wootton@...>
> Subject: Re: [Orkbird] Re: Ross's Goose spp
> To: Orkbird@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, 14 February, 2012, 10:54
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