Greater White-Fronted Goose
Anser albifrons
With one of the largest ranges worldwide, the Greater White-Fronted Goose lives throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
Science recognises five subspecies of the Greater White-Fronted Goose:
- A. a. gambeli is an Interior form that breeds in northern Alaska and Canada, and winters on the Gulf of Mexico.
- A. a. frontalis is a Pacific form that breeds in Bristol Bay and western Alaska and winters in California and northwestern Mexico.
- A. a. elgasi breeds in southwest Alaska and winters in California.
- A. a. flavirostris breeds in Greenland and winters in Scotland and the British Isles.
- A. a. albifrons breeds in Europe and Russia to the northern limits of Eurasia and winters in southern Europe, the Tigris-Euphrates Valley, and in southern China.
Most of my encounters with Greater White-Fronted Geese have occurred in California and Oregon, but Arizona and Texas provided a couple of brief sightings. While I was visiting the Sabal Palm Sanctuary, south of Brownsville (Texas), and looking out over the Rio Grande toward Mexico, the sound of geese and Sandhill Cranes wafted from afar, letting me know these birds were tantalizingly near. When I heard an explosion of wingbeats, I looked up in time to catch a few images of geese in a relocation flight. The way the river winds through the valley, I couldn’t be sure if the birds were in Mexico or the USA. They do not recognise border walls.
27 Photos
Greater White-fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Sacramento NWR, between Willows and Williams, California. |
Date Taken: 2011:12:31 9:52 |
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Location:
Sacramento NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1600 |
File Name: D3X6105-GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose |
| © 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Greater White-fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Colusa NWR, near Williams, California. |
Date Taken: 2011:12:30 17:31 |
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Location:
Colusa NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X6132-GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose |
| © 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Greater White-fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Sacramento NWR, between Willows and Williams, California. |
Date Taken: 2011:12:31 10:45 |
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Location:
Sacramento NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1600 |
File Name: D3X6233-GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose |
| © 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Greater White-fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Sacramento NWR, between Willows and Williams, California. |
Date Taken: 2011:12:31 11:28 |
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Location:
Sacramento NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1600 |
File Name: D3X6356-GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose |
| © 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Cuyamaca Lake, California, in the mountaine zone of San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:03:11 8:27 |
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Location:
Cuyamaca Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/10.0, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X6768-GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Cuyamaca Lake, California, in the mountaine zone of San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:03:11 8:30 |
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Location:
Cuyamaca Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/10.0, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X6791-GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Cuyamaca Lake, California, in the mountaine zone of San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:03:11 8:32 |
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Location:
Cuyamaca Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/10.0, 1/160 |
File Name: D3X6819-GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Cuyamaca Lake, California, in the mountaine zone of San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:03:11 8:38 |
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Location:
Cuyamaca Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/10.0, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X6870-GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Circling flight over Cibola NWR, South of Blyth, CA. In Arizona near the Colorado River. |
Date Taken: 2004:12:21 13:10 |
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Location:
Goose Loop |
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Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/9.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: JCD_2103Greater-WF-Geese |
| © 2004 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Miramar Lake. San Diego, California. |
Date Taken: 2005:01:15 13:23 |
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Location:
Scripps Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/750 |
File Name: JCD_2684GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, (shadetree-Imaging.com) |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Sacramento NWR, near Willows, Northern California. |
Date Taken: 2003:12:17 16:53 |
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Location:
Norman |
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Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/320 |
File Name: JCD_5197GreaterWhiteFrontedGeese |
| © 2003 Jack Daynes, (shadetree-Imaging.com) |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Swimming pair at Sacramento NWR, between Willows and Williams, California. |
Date Taken: 2011:12:31 11:56 |
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Location:
Sacramento NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X6490-GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose |
| © 2011 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Large migrating flock at Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge at the California-Oregon border. |
Date Taken: 2016:04:24 12:16 |
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Location:
Lower Klamath NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/4000 |
File Name: D728639-GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Large migrating flock at Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge at the California-Oregon border. |
Date Taken: 2016:04:24 12:15 |
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Location:
Lower Klamath NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D728626-GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Large migrating flock at Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge at the California-Oregon border. |
Date Taken: 2016:04:24 12:15 |
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Location:
Lower Klamath NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D728616-GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Large migrating flock at Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge at the California-Oregon border. |
Date Taken: 2016:04:24 12:07 |
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Location:
Lower Klamath NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D728592-GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Airborn capture on 2019-01-21 at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge near Willows California (USA). |
Date Taken: 2019:01:21 13:41 |
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Location:
Sacramento NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose-Liftoff_D506859-Sacramento-NWR |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Cuyamaca Lake, California, in the mountaine zone of San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:03:11 8:37 |
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Location:
Cuyamaca Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/10.0, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X6859-GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: The "Auto Tour" at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge near Willows in Northern California. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:14 11:02 |
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Location:
Sacramento NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose_D5X2095-SacramentoNWR |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: The "Auto Tour" at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge near Willows in Northern California. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:14 11:03 |
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Location:
Sacramento NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose_D5X2104-SacramentoNWR |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: The "Auto Tour" at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge near Willows in Northern California. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:14 11:03 |
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Location:
Sacramento NWR |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose_D5X2113-SacramentoNWR |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: These long distace migrants love spending winters in the Central Valley at places like Gray Lodge Wildlife Area is a state run reserve near Gridley California in Butte County. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:14 15:38 |
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Location:
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose_D5X2836-GrayLodge-WLA |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: These long distace migrants love spending winters in the Central Valley at places like Gray Lodge Wildlife Area is a state run reserve near Gridley California in Butte County. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:14 15:40 |
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Location:
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose_D5X2852-GrayLodge-WLA |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: Just south of the Rio Grande I could hear, but not see geese and cranes, until this group flew over. It was ten days earlier when I paid my first visit to the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville Texas. I tried to explore trails I missed last time here. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:28 8:22 |
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Location:
Sable Palms Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose_D5X5150-SabalPalms |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: My second visit to the fields north of Burns Oregon began in the early morning. I tried my best to capture birds like these Greater White-Fronted Geese on the west side of the road, because of the lovely light from the rising sun. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:24 7:37 |
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Location:
North Foley Drive |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose_8504048-BurnsOregon |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: My second visit to the fields north of Burns Oregon began in the early morning. I tried my best to capture birds like these Greater White-Fronted Geese flying over the west side of the road, because of the lovely light from the rising sun. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:24 9:36 |
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Location:
North Foley Drive |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose_8504583-BurnsOregon |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Greater White-Fronted Goose(Anser albifrons) |
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Description: My second visit to the fields north of Burns Oregon began in the early morning. I tried my best to capture birds like these Greater White-Fronted Geese flying over the west side of the road, because of the lovely light from the rising sun. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:24 9:38 |
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Location:
North Foley Drive |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose_8504599-BurnsOregon |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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