Snow Goose and ???

[WTP07]

I caught this guy/gal napping with the Canada Honkers at Port Burwell today.
My 1st Snow Goose.



And this thing....which I think is a Hooded Merganser...correct?



Cheers,

Randy.

[Knight]

Good Captures , and yes its a Hooded Merganser

[paulnj]

And that's a ross's goose, not a snow goose

[WTP07]

Ok...now I am confused...everything I have read show's this to be a snow goose, due to the black 'grin' along the mandible.

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i1690id.html
http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=51

So what makes this a Ross' goose?

R.

[paulnj]

oops, it's just a smaller strain(lesser) of snow goose or you have some seriously large canada geese there

Even us seasoned birders get one wrong at times