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2923
(5 photos)
2019-01-12 Søndersø (sjælland), Denmark
Subspecies: albifrons Adults with the white front and the dark lines on the belly. |
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3206
(8 photos)
2019-10-28 Amager Strandpark, Denmark
Subspecies: albifrons Two adult birds. Probably a pair. Interesting to see how irregular the breast banding is from side to side on especially the bird in picture 1, 3 and 5. The birds were foraging right next to the road, perhaps after having just arrived from Sweden. As you can sense they were not too happy with the attention I gave them, so even though I tried to keep a distance they eventually took off disappearing low behind the nears buildings. Same as 3216 |
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3216
(14 photos)
2019-10-30 Amager Strandpark, Denmark
Subspecies: albifrons Two adults with white fronts and well-developed black belly patches. Same birds as 3206. So they lingered on after all. The huge lawns probably being a too big temptation to resist, despite of the vast traffic of people and dogs. This time, though, the birds were not flushed by me nor a notoriously inconsiderate dog walker, but by a small dark helicopter coming from the airport. The present gulls also took flight, but they all responded instinctively when it was still far away, and small looking, why I guess they took it for a fast approaching raptor on attack. Visiting the place days after there were no signs of the geese. They probably continued their journey as a cooler northeastern wind made the temperature drop several degrees. |
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3378
(5 photos)
2020-04-11 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark
Subspecies: [albifrons] Young bird, 2cy. Aged by lack of black belly markings and little white in the head. This was a lone bird among some hundred Barnacle Geese. Interesting to notice that it was the same size as the Barnacles, making it very small for its species, more like a Lesser White-fronted. |
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3392
(5 photos)
2020-04-23 Amager Fælled, Denmark
Subspecies: [albifrons] 2cy bird without belly patches. |
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3935
(1 photos)
2022-02-28 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark
A mixed aged flock of 19 birds flying toward southwest - against the normal migration direction. |
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4577
(8 photos)
2022-12-14 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark
First calendar year. Royal Golf. Seen with a small flock of Barnacle and Graylag geese. At first I took it for a hybrid something, but investigating, I can now only see it as a first year Greater White-fronted. The bill color and shape plus the blackish tint along the base of the bill is very good for the species. The tail pattern is also good with only a narrow white margin to the the feathers. The back looks perhaps too uniform for a pure first year bird, but I guess the pale margins have been worn off for the most part. According to Svensson (Collins Bird Guide) it is probably a nominate albifrons rather than a flavirostris from Greenland. This, based on the paler ground color and particular the pale belly plus the pinkish bill, which is more orange on the Greenland birds. |
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4898
(4 photos)
2023-02-12 Dragør Kommune, Denmark
Englandsvej at Store Magleby. A flock of 3 adults and 5 young birds resting with a few Graylags before moving on. Gone the next day. |
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5601
(1 photos)
2024-01-28 Dragør Havn, Denmark
4 ads and a 2cy perhaps. First of the year, but going strangely south now that the weather has changed to the warmer southwestern approach. |
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5614
(1 photos)
2024-01-30 Kløvermarken, Denmark
Adult. A single bird mixed in with 70 Graylags and a hybrid Graylag x Canada Goose. |
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5669
(1 photos)
2024-02-11 Kløvermarken, Denmark
Second calendar year. A single bird, as the last time I visited, on Jan 30. But not the same bird, as this one is a 2cy and the last one was an adult 5614. |