Re: [cobirds] Re: Canda Goose or Cackling Goose/Snow Goose hybrid?

n albino > but thought I'd see what you all thought. Any ideas? > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Gt80yNtcnTk/WGw6mdoxaoI/BV0/Y4LGED_yIZQO7z70WZ78EJ5ElPznKUyVgCKgB/s1600/20170103-P1040636.jpg> > Link to first picture. <https://goo.gl/photos/aNSpX7EWEsirH9cp8> > > Link

Re: [cobirds] Re: Canda Goose or Cackling Goose/Snow Goose hybrid?

"Was was"? I of course meant to say "the one I saw was"..I have photos (on my other computer, of course) that show a bird virtually identical to yours. Norm Sent from my iPad > On Jan 3, 2017, at 9:30 PM, quetza...@comcast.net wrote: > > Dark phase Ross's Goose (which is extremely rare)

Re: [cobirds] Re: Canda Goose or Cackling Goose/Snow Goose hybrid?

I had a virtually identical goose at Aurora Reservoir, and based on very white, round head, short stubby bill with no trace of "grin patch", and size, I was calling it a Ross's x cackling. The one I was was mingling with cacklers and was almost exactly the same size. Norm Lewis Lakewood Sent

Re: [cobirds] Re: Canda Goose or Cackling Goose/Snow Goose hybrid?

Dark phase Ross's Goose (which is extremely rare) has a different plumage pattern than this bird, a pattern more like Blue Goose, with black and white pattern on neck and head - see Sibley field guide for example. Nick K Ft Collins - Original Message - From: "Christy P"

Re: [cobirds] Re: Canda Goose or Cackling Goose/Snow Goose hybrid?

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 wrote: > > > > I have a similar question with a goose I saw in Frederick on Monday. My >

[cobirds] Re: Canda Goose or Cackling Goose/Snow Goose hybrid?

gt; > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Gt80yNtcnTk/WGw6mdoxaoI/AAAABV0/Y4LGED_yIZQO7z70WZ78EJ5ElPznKUyVgCKgB/s1600/20170103-P1040636.jpg> > Link to first picture. <https://goo.gl/photos/aNSpX7EWEsirH9cp8> > > Link to second picture <https://goo.gl/photos/Pn1

[cobirds] Canda Goose or Cackling Goose/Snow Goose hybrid?

Looks like a leucistic Canada Goose to me. Joey Angstman Fort Collins, CO -- 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] American Dipper - Mathews-Winters Open Space Park - Jeffco

Birders, I was surprised to find a Dipper right near the bridge over the stream (Mt. Vernon Creek) at dusk today. Of course I had just gotten through telling someone that the stream was most likely too small for a Dipper. Only others birds were 6 Song Sparrows. -- Ira Sanders Golden, CO "My mind

[cobirds] Canda Goose or Cackling Goose/Snow Goose hybrid?

BV0/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

[cobirds] Loveland CBC on Jan 1 - summary

The 17th consecutive annual Christmas Bird Count was held in Loveland, CO on January 1, 2017. Participation was down slightly (50 participants) but weather was pleasant and birds were plentiful, with almost 46,000 tallied (2nd highest ever). We surpassed our previous highest species total with

[cobirds] Cancellation - DFO Field Trip - Jan. 14 and 15, 2017

This is a notice that I am cancelling the subject DFO Field Trip to Pueblo and Canon City scheduled for January 14th and 15th, 2017. Hopefully this event can be rescheduled. If you are signed up for this trip - you will receive an email from me explaining the situation. Mark Mark Amershek

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 3 January 2017

Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org Date: January 3, 2017 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, January 3, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species) NOTE: