Following up on Susan Heath's post...
A trip to Huntley Meadows this morning to look for the
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was rewarded not only with the
goose, but with a EURASIAN (COMMON) TEAL, spotted by Rob
Hilton. I managed to get a few digiscoped pics in strong
wind through Chris Barnard's telescope:
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~dcr/Archives/Photos/Trips/HuntleyMeadowsJan2006/20060114_0170.JPG
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~dcr/Archives/Photos/Trips/HuntleyMeadowsJan2006/20060114_0171.JPG
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~dcr/Archives/Photos/Trips/HuntleyMeadowsJan2006/20060114_0178.JPG
The field marks are clearly evident, the most prominent
being the pale horizontal stripe and lack of vertical
stripe. For all the good pics from the visit, including the
goose (which was very close), go here:
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~dcr/Archives/Photos/Trips/
and click on "HuntleyMeadowsJan2006" for the slideshow.
I'll add captions later -- thought I'd post these ASAP.
Good birding!
D
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