The River "S" Unit of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge has a 4.2-mile auto tour route and 1.5-mile seasonal hiking trail. The Carty Unit has miles of trails including a 2-mile "Oaks to Wetlands" trail. A pair of binoculars is a must and a camera makes it even more fun !!!
One white goose mixed in with THOUSANDS of Cacklers ...
The following are images of the Ross's Goose.
Also, link out to the "Trip Logs" to see more images of various birds, wildflowers, and wildlife seen each day.
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Ross's Goose.
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, River "S" Unit.
Image taken, April 20, 2007.
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The majority of the folks at the Refuge called this bird a "Ross's Goose" ... however, one person on the "board" called it a Ross x Snow Goose cross ... to me, head-wise it looks like a Snow, but size-wise it looks like a Ross ... The Cacklers it was with weren't the smallest, but they weren't the largest either. (Check out my Snow Goose page to see images of Snow Geese with Canada Geese.) The few Greater White-fronted Geese which were with it were larger than this bird.
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Ross's Goose.
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, River "S" Unit.
Image taken, April 20, 2008.
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Ross's Goose (left) and Greater White-fronted Goose and Ross's Goose (right).
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, River "S" Unit.
Image taken, April 20, 2008.
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Ross's Goose in flock of Cackling Geese.
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, River "S" Unit.
Image taken, April 20, 2008.
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Ross's Goose.
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, River "S" Unit.
Image taken, April 20, 2008.
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