| Hooded Merganser Horned Grebe Snow Goose ROSS' GOOSE White-throated Sparrow | 1 1 11 2 1 | Middlegrounds, BA " " " " " " " " " " " " Discovery Way/Washington, MI " " " " " " " " " " " " Midland, MI (brother's feeders) |
First, a note of warning! This location is technically Dow Property so DO NOT proceed south of the intersection of Washington & Discovery Way. I drove parallel to and within thirty meters of these birds and was detained by two Dow Security Guards and a Midland Police officer for twenty minutes as they ran a security check, confiscated my camera to be sure I didn't take pictures of buildings, and then told me to leave. You can observe the geese and the narrow strip of grass by remaining on Discovery Way just east of Washington.
Now for the description....Two weeks ago I was drawn to this location as there were numerous robins and snow buntings on a narrow strip of exposed grass that I'm presuming was that way due to underground warm pipes of some kind. I pulled up today and was surprised to find fourteen Snow Geese types. Upon closer observation, I noted at least two of them being Ross' Geese. One was resting right in front of a Snow Goose and was noticeably smaller. Both ROGO were white with black primary ends that were visible in both the resting birds and the one that was feeding. Bill shape was noted to be stubby without a grinning patch and the base was perpendicular without any curved look. Their heads were also nicely rounded. I was then approached by the police and didn't get a chance for further study but I did get photos and will share them later.
The GPS coordinates are
43°36'32.4"N 84°13'01.6"W43.609006, -84.217105
Now for the description....Two weeks ago I was drawn to this location as there were numerous robins and snow buntings on a narrow strip of exposed grass that I'm presuming was that way due to underground warm pipes of some kind. I pulled up today and was surprised to find fourteen Snow Geese types. Upon closer observation, I noted at least two of them being Ross' Geese. One was resting right in front of a Snow Goose and was noticeably smaller. Both ROGO were white with black primary ends that were visible in both the resting birds and the one that was feeding. Bill shape was noted to be stubby without a grinning patch and the base was perpendicular without any curved look. Their heads were also nicely rounded. I was then approached by the police and didn't get a chance for further study but I did get photos and will share them later.
The GPS coordinates are
43°36'32.4"N 84°13'01.6"W43.609006, -84.217105
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