Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Goose Chase

A Barnacle Goose, a straggler from Europe, has been found in the midst of an estimated flock of 10,000 Canada Geese near the Newport Navy base. I have seen one before in Rhode Island, but not on Aquidneck Island, so I went chasing. No luck.
Some of the flock, note those on the ground. Although this looks like it is inland, Narragansett Bay is only about a quarter mile away. 

More of the flock, which continued to stretch out way to the right.  

British Soldiers lichen, a splash of bright winter color along a drab breakwater mere yards from the ocean 

USS Saratoga, mothballed on the base

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