Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Goose ID Question
Date: Dec 5 08:24:13 2009
From: John Riegsecker - jriegsecker at pobox.com


All,

Thanks to the people who replied to me on this odd looking Goose:

http://skygardener.zenfolio.com/p447246940/h6d809f#h6d809f

The consensus is that it is a Canada Goose Hybrid, with the leading vote
getter for the other goose being a domestic Greylag. Searching on the
internet reveals these are fairly common and quite variable in
appearance. This website has quite a few pictures of hybrids:

http://www.gobirding.eu/Photos/HybridGeese.php

John Riegsecker, Gig Harbor, jriegsecker at pobox dot com

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John R.