A Blue/Dark Morph Ross's Goose at Bosque del Apache NWR? Part 2
January 7, 2013, Bosque del Apache NWR, New Mexico
 

Today I went hunting for the hybrid or possible blue morph Ross's Goose I saw a couple of days ago. Today, I found another one, but this one is different.
It has a white belly and the bill shape is an exact match for a Ross's Goose. I am sure now that the goose I saw before is a hybrid and that
this one is a true dark/blue morph of the Ross's Goose. They really do exist.

Bill like a Ross's Goose.

This one has a white belly.


Compare bills on white morph Ross's Goose and the blue morph Ross's Goose. Nearly identical, and there are faint tubercles on the blue morph bill.

See Hybrid Ross's Goose/Blue Morph Snow Goose Part 1

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