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Hybrid goslings! (social.goodanser.com)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by zaktakespictures@social.goodanser.com to c/birding@lemmy.world
 

Hybrid goslings!

When a greylag gander likes a Canada goose a whole lot, sometimes this happens
Greylag goose (Anser anser) and Canada goose (Branta canadensis) with their hybrid offspring

Olympus E-M1 II, Panasonic 100-300 II
100mm, f/4, 1/640s, ISO 200

#bird #BirdHybrid #BirdHybrids #BirdPhotography #birds #darktable #geese #goose #photo #photography #UrbanWildlife #wildlife @birding
https://zaktakespictures.com/hybrid-goslings/

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@sxan Hybrids grow up to be very obviously hybrids. I think they usually can't reproduce, or at least have low enough fertility that it rarely happens.