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Re: Goose Identification



There are a couple of these Canada X Domestic Greylag crosses at Lake
Junaluska (near Waynesville NC), and at least one at Lake Osceola
(Hendersonville). When I first saw the one at Osceola, I got excited,
thinking I was seeing a White Fronted, until I noticed the slight outline of
the "chin strap" of the Canada parent.
Alex Netherton
The Appalachian Naturalist
Asheville, NC
http://www.appalachian-naturalist.com
alex@appalachian-naturalist.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <Bpworthing@aol.com>
To: <srcox@greenville.infi.net>
Cc: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: Goose Identification


> Steve: I won't have a chance to look at the goose for a couple of days,
but
> it sounds like it might be another one of the ones the DNR calls
"renegades",
> a hybrid between Canada Goose and domestic goose, which apparently occur
with
> these feral Canada geese they have introduced here in the South. There
were a
> couple of these 10 years ago, or so, at the Harkness ponds, first spotted
by
> Greg Cornwell on a Christmas Count. If I get a chance to see it, I'll let
you
> know, with any further ideas
> Pete Worthington, Simpsonville, SC
> SC.