Hi MD Osprey:

Here's something to peruse the snow storm ...

Phil


>Date:         Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:52:51 -0700
>From: "J. Harry Krueger" <>
>Subject: [BIRDWG01] New pervipes vs. taverneri resource article
>To: 
>
>During the past year (and before) there have been a number of intriguing 
>and informative discussions on "white-cheeked goose" subspecies 
>identification on this list serv, at first prompted by just natural 
>"observation curiosity" and lately spurred on by list splitting.  As an 
>incurable "brantaphile" I've tried to resist jumping in as much as 
>possible while continuing to learn from so many talented observers.  For 
>some time now I've been planning what I hope will be a "helpfully 
>definitive" id piece that might help us gather together much that has been 
>learned and move on to another level in this id challenge that possibly 
>the AOU isn't done with assisting pushing the frontiers on.
>
>Far from a last word, this is rather a contribution from someone who has 
>been fascinated by this issue for many years.  I believe the use of 
>"primary identification indicators" as I use them in this article is 
>something we have all been doing for quite some time but just haven't put 
>into a systematized perspective.  If nothing else, I trust this will add 
>that perspective to what many of us do all the time and perhaps make us 
>more conscious of the fact.
>
>I've just posted the latest installment of what, when completed, will 
>hopefully be a helpful and comprehensive article, with photos, on 
>"Cackling Goose - Canada Goose Subspecies Identification Indicators: The 
>White-cheeked Goose' Challenge with Pictures" dealing with all the 
>currently recognized eleven subspecies.
>
><http://www.idahobirds.net/identification/identification.html>http://www.idahobirds.net/identification/identification.html
>
>This new portion deals with the difficult parvipes vs. taverneri id 
>problems (that Bruce Deuel has done some good work on in his upcoming 
>article in Western Birds, Vol. 35, #3).  I also have a previously 
>completed portion on B. h. hutchinsii as well as a now complete section on 
>B. h. minima already posted on the site.  Eventually all 11 subspecies 
>will be covered with photo illustrations of "id indicators". (I think you 
>will find the close-up picture of B.h. minima, B. h. hutchinsii, and B. c. 
>parvipes together in the wild at Moses Lake, WA especially instructive.)
>
>This is a work in progress, and I do invite comments (and photos) as you 
>may see fit to help us all better sort out this often thorny id challenge 
>that has "magically" risen to the forefront since this summer's AOU "split 
>decision"...while we continue to make everyone more aware of the wonderful 
>world of the subspecies.  I can definitely always use more close-up 
>pictures of B. h. taverneri, B. h. leucopareia, and the larger Canada's, 
>B. c. canadensis, B. c. interior, B. c. maxima, B. c. occidentalis, and B. 
>c. fulva.
>
>Harry Krueger
>Boise, ID
>Secretary, Idaho Bird Records Committee
>Regional Editor, Idaho-Western Montana Region, North American Birds
>

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Phil Davis      Davidsonville, Maryland     USA
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