SW Denver Geese - Just a Few

[Doug Ward]

Back in Denver for Thanksgiving and hadn’t had the chance to get out beyond the house and our nearby park to walk the dogs, but had been wanting to check the goose flocks around the Overland Golf Course (Denver Co.).  With a Broncos night game today (Sun., 30 Nov.’25) decided to run down to have a look.  I’m not great at estimating large numbers, but came up with at least 5,000 “white-cheeked” geese on the course and in the river including “Richardson’s” CACKLING GOOSE (~50% of total), “Lesser” CANADA GOOSE (~20%), and “Greater” Canada Goose (~2%), with the rest???  Of course we birders are always looking for the unusual and while there are likely others mixed in with these large flocks, two (2) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED and two (2) SNOW GEESE were a fun reward for the effort.

 

Also fun was the returning beautiful drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE which has come back for at least the last five (5) winters to the same set of pools in the South Platte just south of the Florida Ave. bridge.  So worth a check of the Overland Park and golf course area if you like waterfowl.

 

Happy Thanksgiving,

Doug

Currently Denver

[Patrick O'Driscoll]

Definitely a day for Denver geese, Doug -- 

At Denver City Park this Sunday morning, 4,000 birds is my conservative estimate, 80-95 percent Cackling.

Hiding among them were a Snow Goose and a Ross's Goose, and a Snow X Cackling hybrid of the sort that we usually get one or two of each winter.

Merlin "heard" Greater White-fronted Goose out there somewhere -- but if so, I couldn't find it.

Owing I assume to our mild weather until this Thanksgiving weekend, the park's overwintering geese were late in arriving.

About two-thirds of them arrived today with wild and happy chaos.

Can the Goosinator be far behind? (Let's hope not . . . .)

Good goosing,

Patrick O'Driscoll

Denver

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