| Common Name: | Goose, Snow | | Scientific Name: | Chen caerulescens | | Family: | Anatidae | | Area: | Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, California | | Date: | December 5, 2011 | 
Snow geese migrate in huge numbers from nesting sites on the Arctic Tundra to winter in marshland and open country in warmer climates in the USA. Notice the dark 'grinning patch' on the bill that helps to separate it from the smaller Ross's Goose. | 
| | Reference: | Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of America by Kaufman |
|
|
