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Re: Another Melvin Quarry Report
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Heather Raymond <[log in to unmask]>
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Heather Raymond <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:51:02 -0500
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I saw what appeared to be the same  (or extremely similar) goose at Melvin 2 years ago (photos on my fb page).  It vexed me and I had wide-ranging educated guesses on it's identity.  Then I went to Texas and saw a huge mixed flock of greater white fronted and snow geese (hundreds of birds) and there were three birds mixed in that looked just like your goose.  After that observation I tend to think the mystery Melvin goose is a greater white fronted - snow goose hybrid (but that's just based on one observation- others with more experience might know better!).

Cheers,
Heather

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On Jan 17, 2011, at 10:06 PM, Kate Shulgina <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Today my mom and I paid a visit to the Melvin quarry pits. There were hundreds of Canada Geese and around 20 Snow Geese, as previously reported. 
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> We didn't spot any Cacklings, but there was an odd little white headed goose hanging around with the Canadas. My first thought was that it was a blue morph Snow Goose, but it had the body coloration of a Canada, and practically no grin patch. My guess is that it's a hybrid of Canada Goose with Snow or maybe Ross'. 
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> Take a look here and tell me what you all think:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/irinashlgn/MelvinQuarryOH#
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> In addition to the geese, we saw a nice variety of ducks, including Ring-necked Ducks, Redheads, Black Ducks, Pintails, Mallards, Ruddy Ducks, and a bunch of Coots.
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> Kate Shulgina
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