Hey, folks. I know I'm coming in way late on this conversation, but I conjecture that this bird is a Canada Goose x Graylag Goose hybrid. Whatever it is, It's beautiful. Thanks, John, for bringing this to our attention.
Ted Floyd, Lafayette, Boulder County On Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 8:13:36 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: > > There are about 6 to 8,000 birds at Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge, > with more to come as waters start to flow. These birds consist of Sandhill > Cranes, Cackling, Canada, Gr Wh Fronted and Ross' Geese. A good variety of > ducks are also present. (Rio Grande County). Best viewing places are the > usual turnouts on Hwy 15 south of Monte Vista. > > Every year we seem to get an anomaly and this year is no different. I > found and photographed an unusual hybrid goose that is similar to a Canada > Goose but has obvious differences. A white frontal area, large white cheek > patch, broad white belly band, and orange legs are some of the notable > differences. This bird has me baffled. > > You can view the bird on my webpage at > > http://johnrawinski.zenfolio.com/ > > Look at the first 3 images in "Sandhill Cranes and Other Birds at Monte > Vista NWR" > > I would be interested to hear what folks think this bird might be. Good > birding all. > > John Rawinski > Monte Vista, Colorado > > > > > -- 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/3994beca-7302-4d20-a170-f739f7be2f3a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
