Probable canada goose x blue snow goose hybrid aurora cayuga lake new york usa photo by pinicola.
Canada goose hybrid.
More information and photos of canada goose hybrids here.
The following apparent hybrid geese were hatched and raised at stewart park ithaca ny in the summer of 2002.
Canada goose hybrid in flight with a normal canada goose nikon d500 f8 1 1000 iso 400 0 7 ev nikkor 500mm vr with 1 4x tc natural light.
Canada geese also hybridize with many other species of geese and swan including the barnacle goose cackling goose brown china goose snow goose greater white fronted goose and emperor goose just to name a few.
Its canada goose heritage is very apparent from the dark neck facial pattern and overall body pattern but the white behind the bill and the long red bill itself point to a domestic goose parent.
This one has a dark brown bill and yellow feet.
This one has orange bill and yellow feet.
The following bird has also been identified as a hybrid between a canada goose and a blue morph snow goose but note joern s comment below which relates to this bird.
Related bird identification pages.
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 couldn t be certain of its parentage.