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| 0037 Beyond the North Wind Bosque del Apache NWR, NM |
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| Snow Geese occur in two plumage morphs, or color variations – white and blue. White morphs sport black wingtips, while the blue variation (commonly known as “Blues”) has a bluish-gray body with a white head, neck, and tail.
When I was a boy, growing up along the Texas Gulf Coast, the two morphs were considered to be two distinct species - Chen caerulescens (Blue) and Chen hyperborea (Snow). Sometime during 70s, taxonomists finally agreed - a miracle in itself - to reclassify the two as a single species. In the process, it was decided to keep the Snow’s common name while adopting the Blue’s scientific name. Unfortunately, this resulted in eliminating the name hyperborea which finds its origins in the Greek, and as Edward S. Gruson puts it in his book, Words for Birds, “...has to do with the extreme north and ‘even beyond the north wind,’ which suggests the place from which the north wind comes and refers to the species’ range as well as white color.” It’s important, in my opinion, that we never allow this name and its meaning to die. The next time the north wind blows, close your eyes and allow your spirit to conjure up images of the geese from Beyond the North Wind. Edition of 500 |
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