Message:

[

Previous   Next

]

By Topic:

[

Previous   Next

]

Subject:

Re: Snow Goose - Black Hill Regional Park , 11/24/09

From:

Robert Ostrowski

Reply-To:

Robert Ostrowski

Date:

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:52:07 -0500

Andy et al...

Mike and I drove over to Black Hill and refound the geese in question in the same area previously described. These aren't Snow Geese for the reasons you mentioned and more: no grin patch, no black primaries, bill and legs are more orange than pink, and the birds have gray flanks.

That being said, I don't know what it is. We were speculating that it may be some sort of hybrid. Maybe a Snow Goose X Domestic Goose? Or maybe it's just a plain old domestic goose. Although I have doubts about it just being a domestic Graylag Goose because the neck doesn't seem thick enough, nor the body chunky enough. The bill shape also seems more consistent with a Canada Goose or Snow Goose.

Here is a photo of one of the geese: 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35144142@N04/4137552088/

Comments welcome.

Robert Ostrowski
Crofton, MD