Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 06:59:12 -0500 Reply-To: Robert Ringler Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: Black Hills Regional Park MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The hybrid goose most frequently seen in this area is probably a Canada Goose X Graylag Goose. Graylag is the common barnyard species. It comes in color variations from its true gray to all white and may even show white at the base of the bill. Some of these Graylags and their hybrids seem to be resident. I have seen them regularly at Black Hill Park, Piney Run Park, Westminster Reservoir, and elsewhere. Of course, there is no proof that this is actually what is producing the hybrids but it is the most likely case. Even in England where there are feral populations of both species these hybrids occur. Bob Ringler Eldersburg ----- Original Message ----- From: Fred Shaffer To: Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 10:06 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Black Hills Regional Park > I visited Black Hills Regional Park in Montgomery County this > afternoon in an attempt to see the Harlequin Duck. In the area around the > visitor's center, while I didn't see this duck, there were large numbers of > geese, Ring Necked Ducks, Buffleheads, Canvasbacks, Coots, 2 Hooded > Mergansers, and Common Goldeneye. My wife pointed out a "funny looking" > goose very close to the shore among the many Canada Geese. I got good > looks at the bird and it appeared to be a Barnacle X Canada Goose hybrid. > It had a tan body, white rump, brown breast, black neck and top of head, > large white face patch, and black bill. > > In other news, the Whooper Swan has continued at Schoolhouse Pond > through yesterday (Thursday) afternoon. I did not check today. The bird > always offers spectacular views in the open water by the boardwalk. The > bird does not appear to have been banded. > > Fred Shaffer > Crofton, MD > pamthePT@aol.com > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================