Thursday's Bird Watch

Last Sunday, my wife and I went in search of a reported rare bird sighting, a Ross's Goose on the Oregon Coast at Otis.  They are a species that nest in the far Artic North, and their migration route South to winter in the Sacramento Valley of California normally travels the South-East corner of Oregon.  Somewhere in route this poor soul veered off course, probably with a flock of Canada Geese, and ended up in a field in Otis.  We drove over to Otis in the early morning fog, hoping to beat the forecasted incoming rain.  Arriving at Otis, we turned right onto Old Highway 101, and there in a field on the left was our bird, a single all white goose, mixed in with hundreds of other gray and black Canada Geese.  One quick photo while sitting in the car provided this photographic evidence.