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Owls3.0
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge Office / Visitor Center, Headquarters Road, Mayville, WI, USA
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Is There Such A Thing As A White-headed Canada Goose??!!
Owls3.0
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge Office / Visitor Center, Headquarters Road, Mayville, WI, USA
It looks like a blue morph snow goose. here’s the link:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snow_Goose/id
or I could be an immature snow goose, Or a rare version of a Canada goose.
Could be ether Pied Canada Goose or Blue Morph Snow Goose. Was the bird the same size as the other geese or was it smaller?
If it was smaller then it was a Snow Goose.
The start of the white is very clear im thinking its a Canada Goose. Also where the Canada Geese neck turns black on this one it turns white.
Never mind this is a Canada Goose because it has a black bill.
Yeah, I looked it up again, and I think it is just a hybrid Canada Goose.
Hi all, This bird may have leucism, which is a form of albinism – in other words, an abnormality in the way pigment is expressed in the feathers, usually showing white patches. You can learn more about it here.
That’s what I thought Holly.
Thanks!
Hi I’m not a member but this is my first time entering anything just saw a white headed Canadian goose in my yard in Massachusetts thank you for all the info on this it’s interesting.
I took a picture of either an albino or nearly albino Canadian goose here in Baja California Sur. Is this normal?
Hi Bob, birds with color mutations are normal, though uncommon. You can read more about this phenomenon at FeederWatch.org.
Just to let you know 3 years later and that goose is still around. I took a picture of it today and found this site when I googled it.
I recently have been seeing this white headed goose with the others. I’m 52 never seen one like it. I have clear pics of it . I do not know how to post it. I’ve had canadian geese mate with the farm geese. They never looked like this central alberta canada
Hi Rick, Birds with patches of white feathers often have a form of leucism. You can learn more about this pigment abnormality on the FeederWatch website here.
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