Re: [SBB] canada goose with abnormal coloring.

[Chuq Von Rospach <[[email protected]]>]

On Oct 6, 2005, at 7:59 PM, Alvaro Jaramillo wrote:

> Chuq
>
>   I think your goose is likely a domestic goose or offspring from a  
> domestic
> goose. One feature that sets the Branta geese (Canada, Cackling,  
> Brant,
> Barnacle, Red-breasted, Nene) apart from the other true geese is  
> that they
> have black legs. The Anser geese, which include domestics, as well  
> as the
> Chen Geese which are very closely related to Anser have orange or  
> pink legs.

>

While normally I'd hate to disagree with you (given my  
trackrecord....) -- that picture doesn't do it justice. Viewing it in  
person, it seems clear to be a canada goose with a color variation.  
Beyond that, it's flocking with the Canada geese, and Laurie has seen  
it flying in formation with them, something I've never seen another  
breed do. It might be worth someone else coming out and taking a look  
(it's been around a week or so, or longer, so I expect it'll stick  
for a while longer), and I'll try to get a better picture this  
weekend, but given it's flying with the Canada geese, I'll stick to  
the color variation right now.


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