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Anser cygnoides
Huge goose I am guessing...not at a park but on the banks of the LA river.
Los Angeles River.
Thanks Alina, that is some amazing info....I am looking into it now as well !
Perhaps it escaped from somewhere and just kind of joined a flock? Your pictures are really interesting, and they got me reading up a bit more on this, and I came upon this in an article from http://www.gobirding.eu/Photos/DomesticG...
"In the wild, domestic geese breed readily with wild geese belonging to the same species and the variation in appearance becomes even wider. They may also hybridise with completely different species, especially Canada Goose."
Perhaps that's why they're so confusing?
Thanks Liam....I was seriously confused this afternoon when I saw all of these ducks/ geese swimming around.....all of them were different colors and had different beaks and I really din't know if they were the same species or just variations !
Meant to add, if it is of domestic provenance, yet living in a wild habitat, it should be considered 'feral'.
I believe the bird may have some domestic Embden Goose (Anser anser) in it as well as White Chinese (Swan) Goose given the thick-ish neck, low forehead knob, and prominent grin patch).
Great photos, Reza!
Thank you Hema, I was pretty thrilled about it and Thanks Alina for the ID. Can this still be called a "domestic" if I saw it in the wild (Los Angeles River) ?
I think this is a swan goose:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_goo...
great series!