Hi Hal,
This bird we are showing is the hybrid seen in a field near the barnyard geese I had seen. There is no apparent connection between them.

Bob Flores
Ridgefield, WA

> On Sep 10, 2015, at 09:58, Hal Michael <ucd880 at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Not being really familiar with goose hybrids but what makes this a hybrid with barnyard geese and not White-fronts or some of the European geese like Beans, etc. that do come in contact with Canadas?
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> Hal Michael
> Science Outreach Director, Sustainable Fisheries Foundation
> Olympia WA
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> Hello All,
> Yesterday I posted about the barnyard geese and also about a hybrid. I asked the question about others seeing the two barnyards around. Well Jen Sanford responded with a photo of the exact hybrid I saw yesterday. Jen also had it on Lower River Rd. I forward her email to me so you can see the photo. There are two the one I am referring to is the first one.
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> Thanks Jen
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> Bob Flores
> Ridgefield, WA
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> On Sep 10, 2015, at 03:44, Jen Sanford <jjsanford at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey Bob,
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> Last September I had two geese in the big flocks along Lower River Road that were hybrids of some sort. I was guessing Canada x domestic but wasn't sure.
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> https://flic.kr/p/oNaauZ
> https://flic.kr/p/p5BkKA
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> Never saw a pure domestic though.
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> Jen Sanford
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> Sent from my iPhone
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