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argo12

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on: February 22, 2015, 06:29:41 PM
Shot on Thames River in London today...
I cant match the brown strip on the back of the neck...

Appreciate your help
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Walter Fisher

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Reply #1 on: February 22, 2015, 08:14:16 PM
They appear to be Graylag Geese, or a hybrid thereof.

Walter :)
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Reply #2 on: February 22, 2015, 08:59:31 PM
Thanks Walter.
Seems interesting that these geese would be so far away from home.
I may have misled with my location, it is the Thames River in London Ontario!

Thanks for your help
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Reply #3 on: February 22, 2015, 09:17:22 PM
Not so far, they probably came form Story Brook Gardens in Springbank Park.  This species is widely kept as a domestic stock
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Reply #4 on: February 22, 2015, 09:29:56 PM
Makes sense, I make myself laugh..
Thank goodness I dont use my name!!!
LOL
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Reply #5 on: February 22, 2015, 09:50:01 PM
Yes, it's a domestic hybrid. The brown strip is probably from Swan Goose genes mixed in with the Graylag Goose.
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