I went on the club trip led by Bob McGuire today. We ended at the Aurora Boat House but I went on up to Union Springs on my own. In the Mill Pond, my eye was caught by two Canada Geese among the many hundreds there. They were together, and both had very speckled necks, very much like the one in the photo at the link below.
https://feederwatch.org/unusual-bird/salt-pepper-canada-goose/ My immediate thought was that it must be some kind of hybrid, maybe x Snow, but the pics I found of such hybrids are quite a bit different. These were the same as Canadas in every way I could see, except for the speckled neck. Before I could get a photo, the entire flock took off in the direction of the lake. I tried refinding them there without success. Does anyone know if this is a natural variation, or might they indeed have been hybrids? -Paul -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
