I'm sure Jim had looks through good optics! But I'll defer to geneticists
on this one.



On another note, on my way to said destination this morning I passed a road
kill on the way to I-5 near the fairgrounds area. Decided it was worth a
second look, and returned to retrieve a very fresh and undamaged Barred Owl
carcass. A good specimen for an undetermined museum. At the office I
reached to the back seat of the car to take it ininside, and it was standing
up! A little warmth does wonders. As with most impact trauma victims, this
one didn't get very far at the rehab center, but I hope they found a
suitable repository for it.



Randy Hill

Ridgefield



From: tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jim
Danzenbaker
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 6:44 PM
To: tweeters tweeters; Portland-Area Birds
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Re: [OBOL] Barnacle Goose 23 Feb; misc Portland
birds



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

--
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:



The individual I saw had more of a white neck collar, though, so perhaps
there are two presumed "offspring"?


hi ... yes, there were two "offspring" spotted initially ... Scott Carpenter
only managed to spot one of them and photographed it ...

Lyn
Vancouver, Washington




Lyn Topinka
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http://ColumbiaRiverImages.com <http://columbiariverimages.com/>
http://RidgefieldBirds.com <http://ridgefieldbirds.com/>

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