Thank you Andrew and Tom. Personally, I don’t remember noticing very many
barnacle geese or hybrids in California, but I may have also just been
ignoring them. I do remember seeing one in Italy and being disappointed
because I suspected that it was a feral bird as opposed to the ones I have
seen in Holland that were legit.
Thomas Geza Miko
Claremont CA 91711
909.241.3300
On Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 1:43 PM howe395 via groups.io <howe395=
<yahoo.com...> wrote:
> Given the number of Canada x Barnacle hybrids I've seen over the years
> (probably 4-5 at disparate locations), I'm forced to conclude one of the
> following:
>
> 1) That there's a wild, highly motivated, libidinous Barnacle Goose
> wandering the state, sowing its wild oats.
>
> 2) That this species is fairly common in captivity and interbreeds freely
> with Canada Geese, either after escaping or perhaps whilst in captivity
> alongside Canadas (with the hybrid progyny subsequently escaping).
>
> Best,
>
> Andrew Howe
> Riverside, CA
>
>
> On Friday, October 16, 2026 at 11:41:20 AM PDT, Tom Benson via groups.io
> <thomasabenson...> wrote:
>
>
> Tom,
>
> I am not aware of previous reports of this bird, but it is almost
> certainly an escapee and not a wild vagrant. Barnacle Goose is not
> considered a likely vagrant to California, and even if one did show up,
> Prado seems like a very unlikely location for one.
>
> Tom Benson
> Redlands, CA
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: "<tgmiko...> via groups.io" <tgmiko...>
> Date: 10/16/26 11:12 AM (GMT-07:00)
> To: Inlandcountybirds <inlandcountybirds...>
> Subject: [inlandcountybirds] (Feral?) Barnacle Goose Prada
>
> Any thoughts on the Barnacle Goose at Prado?
> It seems a few weeks (a month?) early for a Siberian or a Eurasian vagrant
> duck or goose.
> Is this a known tame bird?
>
> Thomas Geza Miko
> Claremont CA 91711
> 909.241.3300
>
>
>
