Ross's x Cackling Goose (hybrid) - Kathy Mihm Dunning

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Ross's x Cackling Goose (hybrid) Anser rossii x Branta hutchinsii

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Location

73rd Rd. Lake
Kiowa, Kansas, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 37.4742667, -99.0879013
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

very small goose, just slightly smaller than immediate-neighbor CACGs, though difference only barely detectable, but it was among the closest geese, so size differences more readily discerned than might have been had it been farther away; looked somewhat like an intermediate Blue/Snow Goose in body plumage (white belly, gray-brown markings on sides/flanks, neck mix of dark and white); head white; bill shaped more like that of CACG, but being half-and-half blue-gray (base) and pinkish (tip)

Technical information

Model
Canon PowerShot SX280 HS
ISO
100
Focal length
4.5 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/5.6
Shutter speed
1/640 sec
Dimensions
298 pixels x 223 pixels
Original file size
46.77 KB