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Snow goose (Chen caerulescens)

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Snow goose (Chen caerulescens)

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Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Snow goose Ducks, geese and swans Duck, geese, and relatives Birds Chordate Animals
Sneeuwgans Zwanen, ganzen en eenden Eendvogels Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Chen caerulescens Anatidae Anseriformes Aves Chordata Animalia

Cornerstone Park (Henderson (Las Vegas), Nevada, USA)

2014:11:30 23:24:32
Snow goose (Chen caerulescens)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/5000 sec at F5.0, ISO 400, distance 14.96 m

A lonely snow goose in Las Vegas. It seems that this bird has remained behind at the migration to the south. Most snow geese hibernate in Mexico.

Whitewater Draw (McNeal, Arizona, USA)

2015:03:01 19:03:49
Snow goose (Chen caerulescens)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S VR Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED, 1/5000 sec at F6.3, ISO 200, distance 105.93 m

American Avocets wading in front of a group of wintering snow geese in Whitewater Draw, Arizona.

Christopher Columbus Park (Tucson, Arizona, United States)

2023:03:30 12:55:14
Snow goose (Chen caerulescens)
OM-1 with M.300mm F4.0 + MC-14, 1/4000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 22.32 m

Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland

2016:02:13 08:27:57
Snow goose (Chen caerulescens)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR, 1/500 sec at F5.6, ISO 200, distance 167.88 m

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