Strange Goose North Georgia USA (1 Viewer)

[LizR]

I was driving past the small lake in my quiet rural subdivision last month (April) and saw this strange looking bird. It appeared as large or larger than our resident Canada geese and more frightened. It started to run when stopped my car to take a photo, so the photo is unclear. Any ideas?

 

[Southern Viking]

It's a hybrid involving Canada Goose as one of the parents. Could be the other parent is Greylag but to me I think Canada x Swan Goose is best fit

 

[LizR]

Thanks for the suggestion! I wish I could get another look at it, but it hasn’t come back. The small head and beak make me think Swan Goose, but I’ve never seen one around here. We do have a Greylag that disappeared for a couple of weeks.

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

Big belly, so a domestic goose is involved ...But as the bill is not black it can not be canada x domestic swan goose (chinese goose ). it could be Canada x donestic greylag , or canada x (domestic greylag x Chinese goose), as domestic greylag x chinese goose hybrids are fertile