The Ross’s Goose was not seen today at Duke Island Park in Bridgewater Township. Other than 7 Canada Geese by the pond next to the parking lot there wasn’t a goose in the park at 9:45a.m. and again at 3 p.m. Where do they go? Well, some may have journeyed up the road to North Branch Park on Milltown Rd. in Bridgetwater. 800 Canada Geese were there with one obvious Cackling Goose as well as 180+ Ring-billed Gulls.

Schoolhouse Road in Franklin Township had at least 2000 Canada Geese at 4:00 p.m. Among them was the Greater White-fronted Goose originally found by Jeff Ellerbusch on December 1 and seen almost daily since then. This is a different individual than the one that was at Duke Island Park until recently. As Jeff states in a comment to yesterday’s Ross’s Goose posting: “The GWFG that has been hanging out at Schoolhouse Rd since Dec 1st is differently marked than the Duke Island Park bird. These two areas are not far at all as the goose flies, but there is no evidence yet that the Duke Island bird uses this field…not sure where that bird goes when not at Duke Island.”

Submitted by Jonathan Klizas