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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Dove12 on August 14, 2012, 09:13:46 AM

Title: White-fronted Goose/Canada Goose Hybrid
Post by: Dove12 on August 14, 2012, 09:13:46 AM

(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee504/Daveography/Birds%20For%20Upload/IMG_8462.jpg)

(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee504/Daveography/Birds%20For%20Upload/IMG_8460.jpg)

August 13 at Casimir Gsowski Park(west of Sunnyside), Toronto, ON

Title: Re: White-fronted Goose/Canada Goose Hybrid
Post by: thouc on August 14, 2012, 10:44:42 AM

Yes, looks like a hybrid. Probably Canada x Greylag (Barnyard) Goose.

Title: Re: White-fronted Goose/Canada Goose Hybrid
Post by: Dove12 on August 14, 2012, 11:16:58 AM

Good point thouc. By the numbers, most likely Greylag. He looks a lot like the Sibley illustration for Greater White-fronted Goose/Canada Goose hybrid. The different black bill seems less common for hybrids of all sorts. Legs thick and very yellow.