Greater White-fronted Goose

Description:

They have bright orange legs and mouse-coloured upper wing-coverts. The male is typical larger in size, both sexes are similar in appearance – greyish brown birds with light grey breasts dappled with dark brown to black blotches and bars. Both males and females also have a pinkish bill and orange legs and feet.

Habitat:

Birds breed in the far east of Siberia east to Arctic Canada, wintering in the United States. The midcontinent geese gather in early fall on the prairies of western Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta, spending several weeks feeding before heading to wintering areas near the Gulf of Mexico, into northern Mexico. This specimen and its mate was observed after a week long notification in a local bird blog they were at a lake in Hernando County, FL.