Nick - for my knowledge, could you define a little further what separates these from full Ross's Goose? I haven't seen many, so further information would be very helpful.
Thanks Christy Payne Wheat Ridge On Tue, 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: > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tMf8PeZ0A18/WGxegdBXj0I/AAAAAAAAAos/8aq973my7PE_l6QJe-i7TvLhv1-SM0JBgCLcB/s1600/31243324803_614fe937ac_o.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tMf8PeZ0A18/WGxegdBXj0I/AAAAAAAAAos/8aq973my7PE_l6QJe-i7TvLhv1-SM0JBgCLcB/s1600/31243324803_614fe937ac_o.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sIFOqFted7U/WGxeTADsrUI/AAAAAAAAAoo/3ZDQt3mTEbAubhxdBRsatcJADbE25roYACLcB/s1600/31243324723_11018eea05_o.jpg> > 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. > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sIFOqFted7U/WGxeTADsrUI/AAAAAAAAAoo/3ZDQt3mTEbAubhxdBRsatcJADbE25roYACLcB/s1600/31243324723_11018eea05_o.jpg> > > > 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? > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Gt80yNtcnTk/WGw6mdoxaoI/AAAAAAAABV0/Y4LGED_yIZQO7z70WZ78EJ5ElPznKUyVgCKgB/s1600/20170103-P1040636.jpg> > Link to first picture. <https://goo.gl/photos/aNSpX7EWEsirH9cp8> > > Link to second picture <https://goo.gl/photos/Pn1KudSM8br5gPda9> > > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/01f69d99-1bba-41f0-a235-4649b72ff24e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/25D57F1B-4BB2-434F-86CE-1AC11FB2B83E%40comcast.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > 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/CADobSoeuzFEav2ehXonhrOQXXFE1-tC8gAmOCtVQXNnmqrzHDg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
