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Chen caerulescens
A large white goose with black wing tips. The juveniles are slightly smaller and have a gray shading. There is a "blue morph" variant. The body is dark and the head white. The bills have a dark line called a "grinning patch" or "black lips."
A small flock on the planted fields at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge provides 300 acres of planted winter wheat to feed the geese in the winter.
Spotted on Nov 29, 2013
Submitted on Dec 6, 2013
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