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Chen caerulescens
At dusk, this lone, juvenile Snow Goose arrived in tight formation with a male Mallard, landed in a pond, and later fed on grass in an adjacent lawn. Two Canada Geese soon came from above and chased it away. The Snow Goose flew back the next day. The third day, observers noticed that its right wing was then broken, but it continues to walk, eat, and swim normally.
In this case, a wetlands area between residential apartments.
Spotted on Mar 19, 2011
Submitted on Mar 24, 2011
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The bird exhibited no sign of injury the first evening or next morning. Nobody saw what caused the injury, but the displaced wing has attracted much attention.
Be assured that my photographs in no way disturbed the bird, because they were taken from a location 398 feet away.
The second image of the head looking away show the gray neck markings of a maturing juvenile Snow Goose.