This juvenile/first alternate Greater
White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) - scroll
down for pics of accompanying adult - was photographed at
Village Creek Drying Beds, Fort Worth, Texas on May 4, 2000 by
Martin Reid; click here for pics of
these birds on April 10. Note the long, orange-based bill,
the longish neck, and the dark cap that runs down the
nape onto the upper hindneck. Note also the dark 2nd-generation
flank feathers, the greater coverts with fairly thin pale
trailing edge (could be due to wear - but could be 2nd-gen
feathers?), and extensive white face "front" that
reaches under the bill:
This juv. was accompanied by a more-secretive adult; on the adult
note the less orange bill, the thinnish scapular fringing
and virtual lack of tertial fringing, and the darker
greater coverts with almost no pale tipping:
