Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 18:45:55 -0400 Reply-To: Robert Ringler Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: WF Goose hybrid MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The description of the Merkle bird sounds suspiciously like a Canada = Goose hybrid with a Graylag Goose, the common barnyard goose in the = area. This cross can produce a variety of characteristics from either = species, particularly notable being the head shape and soft part colors. Bob Ringler Eldersburg, Md ringler@qis.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================