Re: [Va-bird] Canada Goose
- From: Larry Meade <uberlarry@xxxxxxx>
- To: marywwalker@xxxxxxxxxxx, va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:29:11 -0400 (EDT)
It is not uncommon for Canada Geese to hybridize with domestic geese. This
might be the explanation here.
Larry Meade
Vienna, VA
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Walker <marywwalker@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: va-bird <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, Oct 10, 2011 2:59 pm
Subject: Re: [Va-bird] Canada Goose
Got a voicemail from friend. She did her own research and said that the blue
morph snow goose resembled what she saw the most. could that be possible? She
stressed that the head, neck, and chest were white with dark body...not buff or
even mottled...clean white. Ideas?
Mary walker
Albemarle
From: marywwalker@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:06:06 -0400
Subject: [Va-bird] Canada Goose
A friend of mine who runs a horse barn reported to me that she noticed a
different looking goose among a flock of Canada geese grazing in a pasture.
Although it very much resembled a Canada, she said its head and neck were
whitish as well as the chest. She did observe it at a closer view and is
adamant
about her description (somewhat knowledgeable about birds while flocks of geese
are usual around the pastures). When she left to get her phone to take a
picture
and returned, the geese had moved a further distance. She sent me a picture but
the geese, which all look like Canada to me, are too far away. I tried zooming
in, but the images are too blurry to examine. There is one that seems to be
more
cream colored but I'm thinking it's just the angle/position of bird. In
addition, there are sparse whitish-flowered weeds here and there which possibly
could've created an illusion to the naked eye. Sighted in Keswick area. If
anyone is interested in seeing photo, let me know.
Mary Walker
Albemarle
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