I came across a pale Canada Goose this morning at Paradise Pond at Smith College and I presume it to be the same unique individual returning for the fourth winter to the local area. I first found this bird on January 6th of 2021 at Arcadia and then caught up with it again a week or so later at the UMASS campus pond in a snow storm and it continued in the area through January and then I lost track of it. The following fall it arrived in late November and it stayed around throughout the winter of 2021-2022. It arrived back in the area for the winter of 2022-2023 in late December and stayed until the early part of March. It is now back in the area for the fourth winter season in a row. It really is a neat looking individual and will hopefully stay around. Would love to know where the bird spends its summer.
Here is a sample of some photos I have captured of this individual the last few years at various spots in the valley as it travels around with typical looking Canada Geese.
Although I did not see the Pink footed Geese among the few hundred Canada Geese at Smith College this morning I did find a Cackling Goose that showed fairly well.
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