There is a domestic goose or domestic/wild hybird that has been
hanging around the Montlake Fill for years. He or she is mostly
white and quite large. He/she has fathered/mothered several broods
with a Canada co-parent which always have some interesting color patterns.
If you saw the bird on the UW campus, it was possibly one of the
offspring.

Kelly Cassidy

> Hello Tweets- I just happened to glance outside of my office window and
> noticed a group of 31 Canada Geese having breakfast on the lawn. One of
> the them has only a few white feathers on its cheek, appearing completely
> black at a glance. I have noted other Canada Geese recently with reduced
> white on the cheek- sometimes only a narrow stripe- but not an individual
> with as little white as this one. Have others observed similar variation?
> I am sure that individuals with no white on the cheeks are very possible,
> but has anyone ever seen one? AJ
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