Bar-headed geese are frequently kept in waterfowl collections. There have
been at least three prior incidences of an escapee reported in the capital
region in the last fourteen years or so. These birds are not countable by
listing rules, and show up as “escapees” on eBird.
Zach Schwartz-Weinstein
203 500 7774
On Thu, Apr 9, 2026 at 6:58 PM Yana Levchinsky-Grimmond via groups.io
<YanaLG...> wrote:
> I saw this posted yesterday in the NYS Rare birds alerts (Washington
> county?), got distracted and then the post was gone. So not sure if it was
> deleted for a reason or what. It was so sudden, I actually thought it was
> in a different state/FB group. And then nobody said anything anywhere, so I
> assumed I had dreamed it :)
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