Resident Snow Gease?

[Max4Gooser]

I have been seeing a pair of snows all the time just outside springfield on a industrial facility's pond. We have a ton of resident canadas in the area, but have never heard of resident snows, anyone else seen this? I need to take my camera with me and get a few pics of them.

[mndiverwacker]

probably domestics, or whatever canadas are called when their plumage is super light, i cant remember the name.

[Max4Gooser]

That is what I thought at first but I got a closer look, and they are Snows. Same bill, same black wing tips, same legs, same beedy little black eye. I am guessing it is a just a pair that became to lazy to migrate so they are hangin out with the local Canadas and Ducks.

[Duckpoor]

Jeff,
I got one on the North end of Lake Springfield, An Eagle headed Blue thats a left over from Season a couple years ago. Never have sen him fly but always around and healthy looking.
I suspect yours either are or were crips that were not able to go north. Them White birds got beat up pretty fair when they were here.

R Green

[MinnesotaMike]

sometime birds do really weird things, up here in central MN i found multiple groups of nesting buffle heads and blue bills in shallow small ponds nesting where mallards and normal puddle ducks nest

[Nick McArthur]

I seen a pair here about a month ago, and asked my cousin who works for the DNR and he said they are probably a non-breeding pair who just didn't follow the rest.

[Killer Miller]

I have seen small groups and pairs in southeast Iowa around Ft. Madison clear into the end of April and early June but I don't think they stick around. They are just really late flyers I think.