I had a virtually identical goose at Aurora Reservoir, and based on very white, round head, short stubby bill with no trace of "grin patch", and size, I was calling it a Ross's x cackling. The one I was was mingling with cacklers and was almost exactly the same size.
Norm Lewis Lakewood Sent from my iPad > On Jan 3, 2017, at 8:34 PM, Nicholas Komar <[email protected]> wrote: > > These tiny black geese with white heads are thought to be hybrid Ross x > Cackling Goose. > > Nick Komar > Fort Collins > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 3, 2017, at 7:31 PM, Jamie Simo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> I have a similar question with a goose I saw in Frederick on Monday. My >> first thought was that it was a blue morph Snow Goose, but the proportions >> seem off. Could this be a blue morph Ross's Goose? Or maybe a hybrid of >> some sort? Its body is very dark. >> >> >> >> >> >> Jamie Simo >> Longmont >> >>> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 5:08:51 PM UTC-7, Aaron Tucker wrote: >>> >>> Out at Aurora Reservoir today saw an interesting goose. It appears to be a >>> Canada or Cackling goose but is very white. I guess it could be an albino >>> but thought I'd see what you all thought. Any ideas? >>> >>> >>> >>> Link to first picture. >>> >>> Link to second picture >>> >>> It was at the edge of my lens and not in great light. Sorry for the rough >>> photos. >>> >>> Aaron Tucker >>> Aurora >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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/01f69d99-1bba-41f0-a235-4649b72ff24e%40googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > 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/25D57F1B-4BB2-434F-86CE-1AC11FB2B83E%40comcast.net. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/FDF6ACD6-D7B4-49F9-8662-E959527A7761%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
