Thanks to all who took a look at these two birds and offered some suggestions. Here is what was suggested:
Hybrid Snow Goose X Cackling Goose: At least three persons voted for this Blue Goose coming into Adult Plumage: One person Intermediate Bird: Sibley (2000) shows some intermediate birds on the bottom of the page. One person. Thanks all! John Rawinski Monte Vista, CO On Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 8:00:02 AM UTC-7, John Rawinski wrote: > > Hi all: > > Birds are pouring into the Monte Vista Refuge, including some unusual > ones. > > The surprise yesterday was 3 adult Tundra Swans on the Monte Vista Refuge > auto tour loop on the south end pond. We don't have many records for this > species at all, especially in winter (Rio Grande County). The cranes have > swelled to about 4,000 birds at the Refuge with many more scattered in > other locations across the Valley. > > Enclosed is a photo of two "geese" you should take a gander at! They are > strange and I did not find a solid fit in my Sibley. Dark spotting on the > white neck, grin patch, large relative size, dark body with light > undersides. Wished we could see leg color. In the flock are Canada and > Cackling Geese for size comparisons. They were shot a long range so excuse > the lack of detail. > Let me know what you think. > > And by the way, I have not yet seen the Hybrid Canada X Greylag that has > been here the last 4 years. It usually shows up about now. > > Cheers > > John Rawinski > Monte Vista, CO > > [image: 6358_021720_mystery_bird.JPG] > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/891d8733-fc13-4275-9c49-ce8105480f6b%40googlegroups.com.
