Canada/Snow Goose cross ???

[Dick Sargeant]

I was testing a lens today and came upon a good sized group of Canadas keeping a hole open in a local reservoir. There was one family unit that had 2-3 first year birds that appeared to be a cross between a blue/canada or a snow/canada. There was one adult snow with them.

I can post images later but has anyone ever seen this ???

sarge

 

[TimJ]

I would love to see a picture of it. A snow x canada is not a very common cross. It's possible and there are some pictures on the web. I've seen canada farm goose crosses in person and those are usually pretty easy to ID.

Tim

 

[Dick Sargeant]

Hi Tim -

I will post a couple of pics this week. I need to get some help reducing the isze of the files which is a huge problem for me when I want to post on the site. I take shots in high res. and then the files are so big that a simple crop won't get them down below 100KB. Am trying to learn to use some software tools because the canon stuff that came with my camera does not do the trick. Am using a version of paint shop pro at the moment because my pc is too small for the elments that I got for xmas - all in all - enough rope to hang myself! Fortunately we have a guy in typesetting who can do this stuff in a coma - hopefully I will be able to learn enough to stop pestering him !

sarge

 

[TimJ]

I could resize it for you if you want. Email it to snipehunter@hotmail.com if you don't want to wait.
A photobucket account might make it easier to resize and post. No 100kb limit using them.

Tim

 

[Mike Repp]

Dick you can also use Microsoft Paint. Pull it up in paint and use image, stretch/skew reduce by a percentage until the file is small enough. easy peasy

 

[Dick Sargeant]

Tim - Just sent an email.

sarge

 

[TimJ]

Neat looking geese. I'd say I'm about 99.9% sure they are domestic x canada hybrids, technically greylag x canada. The white right behind the bill almost like a whitefront is pretty common in those crosses. The bills look right for that hybrid. The faded check patch is also on almost all of the ones I have seen. The breasts on those are about as cool as I've ever seen on these types of hybrids. The grey and white goose in the back has a bill and neck that look 100% feral domestic to me.

Tim

 

[Al Hansen]

Nice pics, Dick. I'll bet that this is a hybrid cross with a domestic.
Al

 

[Dick Sargeant]

Thanks for the help with the ID guys and Tim thanks for getting the photos to fit.

sarge