The following photographs are not mine. Rather they are from a lady named Peg Hauschildt, a subscriber to ONTbirds (a user-submitted daily updated mailing list of bird sightings in Ontario).
I am curious as to what this goose might be. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Josh
This bird was sighted in Kingston, ON at the eastern end of Lake Ontario
It's a canada goose, for sure, it's eyeballs are not pink, so it isn't an "edgar winter" form, but definitely it is unique. I live in canada and have never seen one like this, cool stuff
Josh,
Just to let you know that your thread was not been ignored, I spent some time yesterday trawling through some websites looking for an ID and I am sure others did too but I agree its a tricky one. I never knew there were so many sub-species of the Canada Goose but I could not find anything there or in related species that matched the coloring of this one. One distinguishing feature here are the orangey legs as compared to the black ones of the Canada Goose and I saw no reference to that at all.
Good luck with your search.
Martin
Martin Good wrote:
Josh,
Just to let you know that your thread was not been ignored, I spent some time yesterday trawling through some websites looking for an ID and I am sure others did too but I agree its a tricky one. I never knew there were so many sub-species of the Canada Goose but I could not find anything there or in related species that matched the coloring of this one. One distinguishing feature here are the orangey legs as compared to the black ones of the Canada Goose and I saw no reference to that at all.
Good luck with your search.
Martin...Show more →
Ah, I didn't think that it was being ignored. Rather, I figured that it wasn't an obvious goose-blend.
Doug Hitchcox wrote:
Looks like a Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose Hybrid
That body is just like a white-fronted; the legs and scapulars really show it.
I agree. Page 77 of Sibley shows that hybrid and while that example is not identical looking to this bird it implies such hybrids occur.
