Graylag Goose x Canada Goose hybrid

[Eric Lutomski]

I'm not sure how rare this is but I've been watching and waiting for one to appear for the last six years in Denver's City Park. The juvenile has the white eye marks, body shape and coloration of a Canada Goose but has stocky yellow legs (already thicker than adult Canada Goose), bi-colored bill (top black, bottom yellow), and the bill shape of a Graylag Goose. This is a weird looking bird it'll be interesting to see what it grows up to look like. Has anyone else encountered a hybrid of these two species before?


Eric Lutomski
Bird Keeper Denver Zoo
Denver/ Larimer County

[Charles Hundertmark]

On December 11, 2009, I photographed what I originally thought was a Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose at Stearn's Lake in Boulder County. Bob Spencer and a couple of other astute Front Range birders suggested that it was actually a Graylag x Canada hybrid. After further research, I agreed. This website is helpful. www.google.com/search?q=greylag+canada+goose+hybrid&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=oJjJUbXbAabUyQHv6YGACg&ved=0CDoQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=1099 

Chuck Hundertmark

Lafayette, CO

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