The flock was still present in the in the cornfield at 9:15 but they had wandered back about 500 m from the Front Rd. and had disappeared behind a small rise when I left them. The 3 Snow Geese were much closer to the road and still visible. The Ross's flock increased overnight to 12 birds including the two birds which look a lot more like Ross's than Snow but do appear to have some Snow Goose parentage somewhere back in their lineage.
It certainly begs the question: When does one simply call them a Ross's Goose rather than a hybrid? An interesting question that I am sure those of us on the Ontario Bird Records Committee will be discussing at our annual meeting in March regarding a certain oriole. Ron Ridout Bird Studies Canada P.O. Box 160 115 Front Rd. Port Rowan, ON N0E 1M0 519-586-3531 Ext. 114 [email protected] _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
