hybridization – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Wondering If “My” Canada x Snow Goose Hybrid Will Be Back This Winter

By Mia McPherson|November 15th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Hybrid Geese, Salt Lake County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: adult, Anser caerulescens, Branta canadensis, Canada Goose, Canada x Snow Goose, flight, geese, goose, hybrid, hybrid geese, hybridization, pond, preening, Snow Goose, urban, waterfowl, white head, white-headed, winter|

I've been wondering if "my" Canada x Snow Goose hybrid will be back this winter, if it will show up at the same pond and if I will be able to photograph it again.

Canada Goose Lift Off Series Plus More Photos of the Canada x Snow Goose Hybrid

By Mia McPherson|December 21st, 2016|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Hybrid Geese, Salt Lake County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: Branta canadensis, Canada Goose, Canada x Snow Goose, feed, flight, geese, hybrid, hybridization, lift off, lifting off, pond, running start, speed, take off, taking off, urban, white head, white-headed, winter|

Yesterday morning at my local pond I took a series of images of a Canada Goose lifting off plus more photos of the Canada x Snow Goose hybrid I found there.

Canada x Snow Goose Hybrid – Its Parentage Had Bewildered Me

By Mia McPherson|December 18th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Hybrid Geese, Salt Lake County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: adult, Anser caerulescens, Branta canadensis, Canada Goose, Canada x Snow Goose, Canada x Snow Goose hybrid, flight, goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, hybrid, hybridization, low light, parentage, resting, Snow Goose, take off, urban, white head, white-headed, winter|

This Canada Goose hybrid could be a Canada x Snow Goose or a Canada x Greater White-fronted Goose hybrid, those two species make the most sense to me, but I can't be certain of its parentage.