I was walking in Sheldon's Marsh along Lake Erie yesterday (Saturday)
around noon. In addition to the usual birds, at the end of the path
nearest the lake I saw two Canada Geese with orange neck-collars
sitting with many uncollared geese on the shore. They were too far
away to read the alphanumerics. On the west side of the spit of land
there was what appeared to be a White-fronted Goose or a
Canada/White-fronted Goose hybrid. It had the orangish legs, feet,
and bill, and a white band at the base of the bill of a White-fronted
Goose but the body resembled that of a Canada Goose: light breast and
belly without the black barring of a White-fronted Goose, and a dark
neck.

Bob Beason
Huron, OH

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