Saturday, 2 April 2016

Strange-looking Canada Goose

I recently went on a birding walk in the Lee Valley Country Park.  Towards the end of the day, on the way back to the railway station, I saw a group of Canada Geese on the lake - or rather, I heard them first.  I took photographs of two of them, mainly because one of them rather caught my eye.  
Canada Geese and friends

 The pair looked as though they were together.  One is a normal looking Canada Goose and his/her companion looks like a cross between two different types of goose.  I would welcome any views on what the other one could be.
Canada Goose and strange-looking companion

 There was a lot of honking going on - mainly by the strange goose, who was very verbal.  I suppose that made up for it's rather weird appearance.
Albino-looking Canada Goose

Does anybody know what type of goose it is?
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6 comments:

  1. Arjun Dutta7 April 2016 at 18:34

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  2. Arjun Dutta7 April 2016 at 21:27

    Sorry!
    Wrong blog
    Looks similar to the one seen there.
    Has a back like a Greylag but I'm not sure what to make of the head!
    Great blog by the way!

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  3. Arjun Dutta7 April 2016 at 21:34

    Greylag and Barnacle Goose Hybrid?

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  4. TwistedClassicsNaturePhotography8 April 2016 at 15:30

    The backs of both Greylag and Canada Geese look similar to me. I was beginning to wonder if it was a mixture of the two. Thanks for the idea of Barnacle Goose too. It was swimming around with a group of Canada Geese, but it was the head that caught my eye as it is so strange! And it was making such a noise!! Thank you for the kind comment about my blog. I am new to this and have a lot to learn!!

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  5. Arjun Dutta8 April 2016 at 18:32

    Did it have tame behaviour?
    If it did it may have been a captive escaped bird from another country.
    I am a very keen twitching 13 year-old, so don't know as much about this as I could!

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  6. TwistedClassicsNaturePhotography9 April 2016 at 00:53

    All I know was that it was with a group of Canada Geese and the one in the photos with it seemed very close. It was making lots of noise. I am a keen older birding person, just new to it, and am learning all the time - and hopefully especially from younger people. Thanks so much for your comments.

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