I have seen similar hybrids a few times and always suspected the white came
from a domestic goose! Looking at the photo, it seems the right bird is a
Canada Goose and the other two by size/bill length appear to be Cacklers?
Good Birding!
Hans
On Mon, Nov 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM Robert O'Brien via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> I had never even seen that option. Beautiful. Doubling down on a
> perceptive analysis.
>
> On Monday, November 9, 2026, Hank Heiberg <hank.heiberg...> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Bob. How about using the following entry on eBird?
>>
>> https://ebird.org/species/y00765 >>
>> Hank Heiberg
>> Issaquah
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 9, 2026 at 8:10 PM Robert O'Brien <baro...> wrote:
>>
>>> It would be.very easy to dismiss this goose simply as leutistic. You did
>>> not fall for that!
>>>
>>> https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?taxonCode=x00692 >>>
>>> Looks pretty good to me.
>>> Bob obrien, portland
>>>
>>>
>>> On Monday, November 9, 2026, Hank Heiberg via Tweeters <
>>> <tweeters...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Today we saw this unusual goose with a small flock of Canada Geese at
>>>> Rutherford Slough in Fall City.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/55644136234/in/dateposted/ >>>>
>>>> At first we thought leucistic Canada Goose, but its head, bill and neck
>>>> don't look right for that to us. Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Hank & Karen Heiberg
>>>> Issaquah, WA
>>>> hankdotlastnamegmail
>>>>
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