Good afternoon everyone. While checking out all the waterfowl on the Detroit
River from the Lakeview Park Marina at the mouth of Little River, I noticed
some peculiar geese on the shore of Peche Island. They had bright orange
legs and appeared to be at least part Greater White-fronted Goose. As luck
would have it, the birds (five in all) eventually swam across the river to
the marina and my brother Robert and I were able to study them closely from
distances as close as twenty-five feet. There was no question that the
darkest of the bunch was a Greater White-fronted X Canada Goose hybrid,
while the other four, which were very bizarre-looking, each one distinct
from the other three, appeared to be Greater White-fronted X Snow Goose. I
have no idea how common either of these hybrids are, but to find 5 of them
together, comprising both mixes, seems quite amazing. We eventually lost
track of them after we resumed checking out the hundreds of ducks present,
but they should still be there as I write, or somewhere nearby.
Lakeview Park Marina is located at the east side of Windsor where Riverside
drive East intersects Riverdale. An adult Bald Eagle or two can often be
seen roosting in the trees on Peche Island (we had one today) as well.
Randy Horvath, Windsor
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