[wisb] snow geese, blue morphs, ross's geese in combination

From: "Sehloff, Kerry" <kerry.sehloff@xxxxxxx>
To: "Wisbird (wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:39:40 +0000

The past couple weeks have been good for white geese at the southern end of 
Lake Winnebago, Fond du Lac County.  Several white and dark-morph snows have 
been seen off Lakeside Park on different occasions, and today three more white 
geese have popped in with a flock of canadas on the grounds of the UW Fond du 
Lac.
Here is a shot of 6 snows on the lake, about 10 days ago:

https://flic.kr/p/pJS9Bz

and here are the three I found today:

https://flic.kr/p/psDrh7

Would I be barking up (or perhaps perching in...) the wrong tree to suggest the 
second group of three might be hybrid snow/ross?  The bills seem stubbier and 
less pronounced, yet the size of the birds points to snow, IMHO these three 
just weren't petite enough to be considered ross's.  :)  Thanks in advance for 
all opinions expressed.

Kerry Sehloff
NE Fond du Lac County
'the holy land'



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[wisb] snow geese, blue morphs, ross's geese in combination

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