I was just there -- it's a five-minute walk from home.
No Barnacle Goose, but there was a Bar-headed Goose at the reported location.
Both species are commonly kept in captivity, and frequently escape, in North
America. Today, the quite tame Bar-headed Goose was showing some romantic
interest in a Canada Goose.
On Lake Victoria were a couple of Hooded Mergansers, a few Ring-necked Ducks, a
Lesser Scaup, and the usual Mallards, Blacks and Canada Geese.
Jarmo
Coming from the east, Lake Victoria / North Shore Park can be reached by taking
Highway 8 into Stratford, going through the lights on Romeo, and turning north
at the next corner onto Parkview, which eventually meets Lakeside Drive, which
crosses Lake Victoria / Avon River at the Festival Bridge. North Shore Park is
on the left (west side) north of the bridge.
Rebecca Flook nesidara
at faerywood.com
Sat Apr 6 12:22:34 EDT 2013
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Question:
Has anyone been able to substantiate this sighting??
As this goose is an ABA Code 5.
"Code 5: Accidental.
Species that are recorded five or fewer times in the ABA Checklist Area, or
fewer than three records in the past 30 years." Thank you
R. Flook -----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Russell
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 9:44 PM
To: birdalert at ontbirds.ca Subject: [Ontbirds] Barnacle Goose in Stratford
April 4th and 5th in North Shore park amongst Canada Geese. Sex unknown. Kelly
Curtis-Russell & Chloe Russell
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