Subject: Fwd: Re: Odd Goose
Date: Nov 19 18:24:24 2000
From: MaryK - bassclef at aa.net



>
>Yesterday at the Montlake Fill I saw what appeared to be a Canada/domestic
>farm goose hybrid in w/a flock of "normal" Canadas. At first glance it
>looked like an albino Canada, but on closer inspection you could tell the
>neck was too short and stout. Interesting the way the colors had appeared
>on this bird, its body was mostly a really light gray, its neck was white,
>and legs and bill orange. There was a definite point on the goose's neck
>where the gray stopped and white started, a la a Canada's light brown/dark
>brown coloration.
>
>Mary Klein
>Seattle
>bassclef at aa.net
>
>
>At 04:39 PM 11/19/00 -0800, Dennis Rockwell wrote:
>
>
>><snip> I've observed that these *nonmigratory* Canada Geese
>>(which humankind has thoughtlessly and undeliberately encouraged into
>>existance in this and other locations) will very readily hybridize with any
>>feral or semidomestic geese available in the area during breeding season.
>>The offspring of these matches offer an amazing varity of plumages and bare
>>skin colors...