jim bird Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 West Tennessee this am. Only bird in large field. Thanks https://www.flickr.com/photos/149057436@N05/shares/0J40jD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbvol50 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Absence of a grin patch makes me lean Ross's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millipede Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 If you check All About Birds you can see the comparison between snow and ross's. The Ross's shows that odd patch near the base of the bill that your bird shows. While it's difficult to judge a bird in a photo with nothing to compare it to... there is grass and such here... the bird looks quite small overall, kind of cute... and the absence of that grin patch that was mentioned. This all shouts Ross's to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millipede Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 hmm, can only edit a post for so long afterwards? Was going to change the words "All About Birds" to a link for the Ross's and Snow comparison. So I'll do it here instead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdbrain22 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 This is definitely not a full Snow goose. This looks like a good candidate for Snow x Ross's to me. The head shape is not that of a regular Ross's. The grin patch is not large enough for a Snow among other things. The grayish base of the bill is also present on the hybrid.. so hybrid Snow x Ross's gets my vote. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbvol50 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 2 hours ago, birdbrain22 said: This is definitely not a full Snow goose. This looks like a good candidate for Snow x Ross's to me. The head shape is not that of a regular Ross's. The grin patch is not large enough for a Snow among other things. The grayish base of the bill is also present on the hybrid.. so hybrid Snow x Ross's gets my vote. Could be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akiley Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 12 hours ago, birdbrain22 said: This is definitely not a full Snow goose. This looks like a good candidate for Snow x Ross's to me. The head shape is not that of a regular Ross's. The grin patch is not large enough for a Snow among other things. The grayish base of the bill is also present on the hybrid.. so hybrid Snow x Ross's gets my vote. Agreed. Looks off for a pure Ross's. Either a Gen 1 hybrid or backcross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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