High Plains Snow Goose Festival 8th |
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| Location | Betz Building Atrium Lamar, CO 81052 |
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| Dates | February 25, 2010 - February 28, 2010 | |
| Description: | The Seventh Annual High Plains Snow Goose and Birding Festival Lamar High School â 1900 S. 11th St. February 25th - 28th, 2010 In spring, waves of bright white snow geese against an endless blue sky fly into southeastern Colorado. They roost on the scattered lakes on the prairie and feed in the surrounding fields, making the area a favorite rest stop on their annual migration. Lesser snow geese are considered to be the most abundant goose in the world and number at least 6 million. There are four distinct populations recognized. The lesser snow geese you will see at the High Plains Snow Goose Festival are part of the Western Central Flyway population that are on their way back to the Canadian Arctic where they nest. This flock winters in southeastern Colorado, New Mexico, the Texas panhandle and northern Mexico. Lesser snow geese come in two different color phases within the same species. In the white phase, the geese are as white as snow except for the black wing tips. The other phase, called blue geese, is slate gray with a white head. Both have a dark âgrinning patchâ on the sides of their bill. Ross Geese: Mixed in the flocks of snow geese you may find some Rossâs geese, which look very much like snow geese except that they are about 2/3 the size of snow geese and do not have the grinning patch. Rossâs geese weigh about 3-3 ½ pounds and snow geese weigh between 5-6 pounds. In the arctic, snow geese graze on grasses and sedges that grow in the tundra. While migrating through the prairies of North America, they will also feed on leftover grain in the fields. | |
| Contact name | Chana+Reed | |
| Phone | 719 336-4379 | |
| Event Website | http://www.highplainssnowgoose.com | |
| Year # | First Year | |
| Art/Craft Space price | $20 10x10 | |
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