Nicholas Komar had some feedback on Facebook about the identity of this bird:
Interesting goose. The black tail, all white neck and head, and curved base > of the bill are all wrong for Ross's goose. This is most likely a hybrid > between Ross's goose and Richardson's cackling goose. These hybrids are > actually more common in Colorado than dark phase Ross's goose, which is > indeed very rare. This being a hybrid makes sense to me, but I'm no expert. What do others think? On Monday, March 14, 2016 at 11:23:40 AM UTC-6, Taylor Long wrote: > > Yesterday morning (3/13) while admiring the multitudes of Sandhill Cranes > at Monte Vista NWR, I came across what I believe is a "blue" morph of a > Ross's Goose in my scope. I'm curious what this group thinks. Are these > unusual? > > Photo: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/y8lf5c9vsd1mz0u/2016-03-13_Blue_Morph_Rosss_Goose.jpg?raw=1 > > -Taylor Long > Denver, CO > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1678eaaf-084f-42e8-af95-b972e5c660bf%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
