Photo's taken on Boxing Day by a friend on the Isle of Wight. The white bird was with some Canada Geese and then flew off with them. Help with ID please. Thanks, Dave.
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One more on the Isle of Wight for ID Help Please. (1 Viewer)
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Deb Burhinus
Used to be well known! 😎
Looks like a Canada x domestic (Greylag?) goose hybrid imo
(black in tail tips suggests Canada (or branta sp at least) parentage.
(black in tail tips suggests Canada (or branta sp at least) parentage.
Joern Lehmhus
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agree
stevethehydra
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Canada x white domestic (Greylag) hybrid. I've seen a few like this and the pale grey/white patchiness with a few dark flight feathers is very typical of the combination.
I once saw one almost identical to this get viciously attacked by a male Mute Swan, which singled it out from all the Canada geese it was in the middle of on a park boating lake and stormed through in full wings-up display to get to it. I think the similarity of plumage to a juvenile swan at the sort of age that the adults would start to chase them off might have influenced it...
I once saw one almost identical to this get viciously attacked by a male Mute Swan, which singled it out from all the Canada geese it was in the middle of on a park boating lake and stormed through in full wings-up display to get to it. I think the similarity of plumage to a juvenile swan at the sort of age that the adults would start to chase them off might have influenced it...
Many thanks. My friend who took the photographs is appreciative. Dave.
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