Subject: [Tweeters] Hybrid Goose was Theler Wetlands Harris's Sparrow
Date: Mar 23 09:50:54 2014
From: John Riegsecker - jriegsecker at pobox.com


> Date: Sun Mar 23 2014 0:08 am
> From: lsr AT ramoslink.info

> Also at the wetlands was a presumed Swan Goose (domestic) x Canada Goose hybrid (according to Sibley?s new guide).
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> Photo: http://tinyurl.com/qyje4df
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> Can someone confirm or correct this ID?

This bird has been at Theler since at least 2009. At the time, people
seemed to think it might be a Canada x Graylag but nobody had a definite
ID. Some photos here:

http://skygardener.zenfolio.com/p779185011

It pairs up every year, but I have never seen it with goslings. One
year it formed a threesome with another Canada Goose and a Greater
White-fronted.

John Riegsecker
Gig Harbor

jriegsecker at pobox dot com

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John Riegsecker