Rare Albino Goose Spotting Shocks Wildlife Refuge Worker
Like the resident crow, the pale Canada Goose that Snow photographed is the colour it is because of an abnormal genetic condition called leucism (pronounced LUKE-ism) that affects birds, mammals and reptiles. The result is pale colouring either in patches or, as in the case of Snow's goose and the local crow, overall the feathers.
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(Mankato, MN) - A Canada goose with a rare condition was spotted west of Mankato earlier this week. A tipster told SMN his friend and hunting companion had told him of an albino Canada goose spotted during a recent drive. Our source went searching and found the waterfowl his friend had described in a field west of Mankato.
Albino Canada Goose Photograph by James Williams
Its Canada Goose heritage is very apparent from the dark neck, facial pattern, and overall body pattern, but the white behind the bill and the long red bill itself point to a domestic goose parent. The following apparent hybrid geese were hatched and raised at Stewart Park, Ithaca, NY in the summer of 2002.
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Prince Edward County naturalist Terry Sprague notes that although many would call it a "partial albino" Canada Goose, technically, it is a leucistic Canada Goose. "Albinism is a condition in which there is an absence of melanin, which gives color to the skin, feathers, hair and eyes.
Partial Albino Canada Goose
The Canada goose ( Branta canadensis ), sometimes called Canadian goose, [2] [3] is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. It is native to the arctic and temperate regions of North America, and it is occasionally found during migration across the Atlantic in northern Europe.
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Leucistic Canada Geese . Single sightings of a Greater White-fronted Goose mixed in with Canada Geese are reported around the mid-Atlantic; and it'd be a new lifer for me, so I've got this habit now of scanning flocks of Canada Geese. Still no sighting for me, but two days ago when scanning, something different did catch my eye.
Canada Goose (leucistic) Perrin Park, Jeffersonville, IN, โฆ Flickr
Albino Canada geese rarely survive to adulthood, but still photos of this bird clearly show that his eyes are pink and his bill and legs are pale, which makes him an albino rather than.
Rare Leucistic Canada Goose on Behance
leigh โข 9 years ago hay guys that's no Canada goose , that's a leuccistic greylag with orange legs and beak i have a identical bird here
Albino Canada Goose I'm not sure if this is a true albino โฆ Flickr
Along with the Albino Goose, Gilbert says they have Sandhill Cranes back on the refuge this summer. The auto tour route will open on August 1 st and remain open, sunrise to sunset, through September 20 th. The tour route starts at the Refuge Headquarters, 6 miles east of Bancroft along County Road A42. The route runs through the refuge and ends.
Rare Leucistic Canada Goose on Behance
574-235-6158 MISHAWAKA โ Linda Trader called The Tribune on Thursday, saying she'd just seen an albino Canada goose. So, photographer Robert Franklin went to get a picture of the goose, found.
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A rare albino Canada goose appeared among a newly arrived flock at a wildlife refuge in Iowa recently, delighting wildlife workers at the Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge. The seldom-seen bird alighted amid the species' molting season and was spotted from the nearby county highway overpasses, RadioIowa reported.
It isn't a snow goose, and it isn't albino, but a Canada goose spotted
Nicole Leblanc of Timmins, Ont., tells CTVNews.ca that she and her husband were driving to their camp near Foleyet, Ont., on Saturday afternoon when the two moose crossed Highway 101. The moose.
Albino Canadian goose stock photo. Image of goose, green 115474448
In albino individuals, a complete loss of melanin leads to birds that are completely white, lack their normal colours and have red eyes. As fall migration ramps up, it's a great time for Manitoba.
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KABC. ALBERTA, Canada (KABC) -- A Canadian man took a different route home from work and was treated to a rare wildlife sighting: an albino moose. David Frizzell was driving home last month when.
