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31-12-2010, 12:15 AM
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| |  Mystery goose
Can anyone please help identify this goose /duck seen in late Decembe?
Solo character, mixing in with the Canada geese but clearly noticeably smaller.
Is it a hybrid?  
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31-12-2010, 12:26 AM
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It's a hybrid, but the difficult bit is guessing what between. I'd tentatively suggest Bar-headed Goose and Barnacle Goose. |
31-12-2010, 01:06 AM
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Morning Phil, and welcome to WAB! 
I'm with RKB on the Bar-headed Goose ancestry, but would put forward the good ol' Greylag as the other.
Take care, Jason |
31-12-2010, 07:33 AM
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heinz 57 as for parents ? bar head ,barn, and grey or possible
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31-12-2010, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Green  Morning Phil, and welcome to WAB!
I'm with RKB on the Bar-headed Goose ancestry, but would put forward the good ol' Greylag as the other.
Take care, Jason | I don't think it can be Greylag, as it looks like it has to be a Branta species (Canada/Barnacle) due to the darkness of the neck and body, and the mixed colours on the bill - Bar-headed have an orange bill so the black smudging has to come from a black-billed species, and Greylag is pink/orange.
Other possibilities are Barnacle x White-fronted, Barnacle or Canada x domestic Greylag.... |
31-12-2010, 12:07 PM
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| | | Re: Mystery goose
I think it is a Domestic white 'Farmyard' Goose x Canada Goose | | |
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