{"id":49430,"date":"2017-11-15T05:27:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T12:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=49430"},"modified":"2024-02-13T05:17:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T12:17:34","slug":"wondering-if-my-canada-x-snow-goose-hybrid-will-be-back-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/11\/15\/wondering-if-my-canada-x-snow-goose-hybrid-will-be-back-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Wondering If “My” Canada x Snow Goose Hybrid Will Be Back This Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I looked back through many of the photos I took last winter and came across the photos of the Canada x Snow Goose hybrid that I found last December at a pond near where I live and then I processed these two images to share. I’ve been wondering if my Canada x Snow Goose hybrid will be back this winter, if it will show up at the same pond and if I will be able to photograph it again.<\/p>\n

\"CanadaCanada x Snow Goose hybrid on a bright winter morning \u2013 Nikon D500, tripod mounted, f9, 1\/640, ISO 320, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I only saw it for two days last winter, once on a dreary, cloudy morning and once on a morning with bright skies and plentiful sunlight. My flight photos of the hybrid goose were taken on the first day I saw it when the light wasn’t all that great and I know that I would love to have the opportunity to takes images of it in flight again on a brighter, clearer day. It was such a uniquely beautiful bird and its white head made it really stand out from the other Canada Geese.<\/p>\n

\"PreeningPreening Canada x Snow Goose hybrid \u2013 Nikon D500, tripod mounted, f8, 1\/1000, ISO 320, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I also wonder if you can shorten Canada x Snow Goose hybrid down to just “SnoCan”, I kind of like that name.<\/p>\n

I know that some people don’t get excited about geese at all and that for birders who list this hybrid isn’t a countable bird that they can check off but I am neither of those. I am just a bird photographer who is happy to photograph anything with feathers. I got so excited about finding, seeing and photographing this unusual hybrid goose that I was disappointed that I didn’t have more time with it. And I do mean really disappointed.<\/p>\n

Maybe the Canada x Snow Goose hybrid will show back up this year and maybe it won’t but I know that I will certainly be keeping an eye out for it from now on.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

P.S., I only used the term “My” because it was my sighting originally. To say “my” in a possessive sense goes against my beliefs because wild birds, wildlife or their homes aren’t pets or possessions. I actually find it disturbing when used in a possessive sense. This will probably be the last and only time I use “my” here on my blog in this manner.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Snow Goose photos plus facts and information about this species. Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Canada Goose photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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