Re: [Maine-birds] Puzzling goose

This is the domestic Graylag X Canada Goose hybrid that has been hanging out with Canadas in the Biddeford area since at least mid-late September last year (I think first reported by Josh Fecteau on 21 Sep).

Louis Bevier

Fairfield

On Jan 13, 2015, at 8:44 PM, Linda Woodard <lwoodard@maineaudubon.org> wrote:

From Lloyd  Alexander who is having trouble posting:

I was at Biddeford Pool today for several hours and spotted geese that kept flying into the air and settling back down. A circling eagle seemed to be the cause.

As I was watching with bins at Hatties this was occurring and the shot across the channel. I noticed a goose amongst the Canadas that was different and stayed slightly separate from them.

It looks a lot like a Barnacle Goose. The size and seems a touch big as it was same as Canadas, feet were orange/yellowish and the bill a touch to long. Other markings seem right and it was much darker than the Canadas.
Is this a hybrid?

link to pics...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/68036181@N03/sets/72157649872084800/

Lloyd W. Alexander

Photographer, Painter, and Author

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