All,

I think I may have been the only one to see both hybrids - side by side when
I initially arrived to look for the Barnacle Goose yesterday morning. One
was not as clearly marked as the other - the white not as distinctive as the
other and not quite as extensive to my eyes. I wasn't able to study each at
length (body color, size relative to Cackling etc) since both disappeared
behind other Cackling Geese and eventually disappeared behind the dike where
they were feeding. I guess that goes to show that presumed multiple
offspring from the same mating of two different species don't necessary mean
identical characteristics! Biologists can chime in on that one.

For some reason, I'm unable to post to OBOL so if someone wants to
forward.........

Jim
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Jim Danzenbaker
Battle Ground, WA
360-723-0345
jdanzenbaker at gmail.com


On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Lyn Topinka <pointers at pacifier.com> wrote:

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> The individual I saw had more of a white neck collar, though, so perhaps
>> there are two presumed "offspring"?
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> hi ... yes, there were two "offspring" spotted initially ... Scott
> Carpenter only managed to spot one of them and photographed it ...
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> Lyn
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