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1^# A A A Post at 27/10/2013 11:27 Show author

Bean Goose?

Today I saw these 4 birds flying when I was going back home, from Tuen Mun West Rail Station.
When I saw them at first sight, I think ducks are really unusual near my home place.
And also I think their sizes are too big for ducks...

I just got one photo anyway...

Black bill but too far to see if there is yellow spot on it...
Red/ Orange leg
White belly

I suspect they are bean geese...

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2^# A A A Post at 27/10/2013 12:31 Show author

Brilliant work to get pictures of these birds flying by while you're not even out birding!

They look like Bean Goose to me - and probably of the shorter-necked species.

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3^# A A A Post at 27/10/2013 13:09 Show author

Great record.
Where are they now - Deep Bay somewhere?

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4^# A A A Post at 27/10/2013 15:12 Show author

Yeah! Thanks for confirming the identification...!!!

When I was observing them, I paid attention to their flight direction...
Normally Bean Goose comes from the north? But Today, these 4 individual flew from South to North...
Here is a very brief description of their flight direction...

The Green Star is me, where the location I saw those Geese.
And the Arrow is the flight direction of the Geese...

So...
I also wonder if they land somewhere in Deep Bay

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5^# A A A Post at 28/10/2013 08:48 Show author

4 Geese were found in LV about 0800.
They were flying not quite high but not landed in LV.
Keep flying around in LV about 10 minutes (finding a place for rest?) than heading to South-west (Direction of Mai Po!).

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6^# A A A Post at 28/10/2013 10:46 Show author

My friend, Ming got some pictures at LV this morning, but they had not landed.

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隨緣為經，量力為緯；有緣無力是枉然，有力無緣也徒然。

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7^# A A A Post at 28/10/2013 11:59 Show author

WoW!!! Keep tracking these 4 visitors!

Some said they landed on the LV River this morning, for a while...

Expecting any more photos of the 4 Bean Geese~