That looks like Sibley's drawing of a "Graylag Goose x Canada Goose" hybrid, second edition, page 16. The head markings, neck and body and orange legs match that drawing, but the bill is orange in the illustration, so maybe your goose inherited that black bill color from the Canada Goose side of the family..
Sharp eyes, Deb, to spot that one amongst the other geese! Thanks. Joe Roller, Denver On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 1:29 PM, 'Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds < cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I would like some input on this goose at the Montevista wildlife refuge. I > thought he was partially leucystic but now have noticed the orange legs. > That makes me wonder if he is a white fronted goose cross Canada goose. > Snow goose cross Canada goose. Thoughts? > > Thanks, Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe County > > -- > 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/cobirds/F22DEC1E-F399-4CB0-8B98-1E85236225C5%40aol.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/cobirds/F22DEC1E-F399-4CB0-8B98-1E85236225C5%40aol.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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUCE-rMmsEUvFZ-%2BjOTrVzi4i1_Zn%2BYNaOjinmUho7Uj8Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
