Date:         Wed, 6 Feb 2002 09:30:12 -0500
Reply-To:     Maryland Birds & Birding <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Sender:       Maryland Birds & Birding <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
From:         June Tveekrem <tweekiebird@TOADMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Goose (in, in weird hybrid)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

I have seen such hybrid geese on a pond in Hagerstown.  Unfortunately, I
suspect they are hybrids between Canada Geese and Domestic Geese, although
they do also resemble Greater White-Fronted Geese.  If you have the Sibley
Guide to Birds, see the drawing and description of the Greylag (Domestic)
Goose on page 89.  I will also send some photos of the geese I saw to your
private email, if you care to compare to what you saw.

=================================
June Tveekrem
Columbia, Howard County, MD
tweekiebird@toadmail.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Felley" <irmss668@SIVM.SI.EDU>
To: <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Sent: February 06, 2002 7:41 AM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Out, out damned goose (in, in weird hybrid)


> Gail and all,
>     The VA problem associated with the B*************
> has kept me scouring the Mall-associated flocks
> in the past weeks.  Sorry, no B*************** to
> report, but last week I did see a weird hybrid-
> looking goose on the grassy field to the south
> of the Lincoln Monument reflecting pool.
>     It looking like a cross between a Canada
> and a Greater White-fronted Goose.  It was very
> large, had yellow legs and bill, a white chin
> patch mottled with brown, and a white patch
> surrounding the base of the bill, also mottled
> with brown.
>     Weird indeed, and usually I would not report
> such a goose, but I'm desperate for something
> new on the Mall!
>                        Jim
>
>                        Jim Felley
>                        Smithsonian Institution
>                        irmss668@sivm.si.edu
>
> =======================================================================
> 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
=======================================================================
=========================================================================