Hi All, I'm a new poster, but have been lurking for a while and find this
site very informative, thank you all.

I too found this conversation very interesting, and agree that sometimes you
just may never know for certain.

In reference to this discussion, I have a few questions that have been
running through my mind, and please forgive me if it's already been
discussed because I haven't seen it.

Are these hybrids mules or can they reproduce?  If so, could some of this
variation be attributed to hybrids mating with other hybrids or even pure
members of the two species?  

A hybrid x hybrid match seems unlikely to me, but not impossible.  A hybrid
x pure pairing seems probable as long as these birds are viably
reproductive.  I may be wrong in my thinking, but would the progeny of a
Snoss x Snow pairing be 75% Snow, and conversely, a Snoss x Ross pairing be
75% Ross's?

Just throwing that out there.

-Chuck

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