Anser caerulescens x Branta hutchinsii Status: Rare regular winter visitor west and west central; rare casual elsewhere. Records: There are about 45 records, 31 Oct-28 Mar, most in the Panhandle and east to Keith and Lincoln Cos (eBird.org, accessed Jan 2024). Most are associated with Cackling Geese. Reports in the east central and east are fewer: […]
Snow x Ross’s Goose (hybrid)
Anser caerulescens x ANSER rossii Status: Rare regular spring and fall migrant. Taxonomy: Hybridization occurs between Snow Goose and Ross’s Goose, estimated at 4.7% of a sample of around 12,000 Ross’s and Snow Geese in the Central Flyway examined between 1961 and 1968 (Trauger et al 1971, Baldassare 2014). This percentage will likely increase as […]
Redhead x Ring-necked Duck (hybrid)
Aythya americana x Aythya collaris Status: Accidental in spring. Taxonomy: Redhead is known to have hybridized with each of the other four North American Aythya in the wild, Canvasback, Lesser Scaup, Greater Scaup, and Ring-necked Duck (Woodin and Michot 2020). Record: A drake was documented at Flanagan Lake, Douglas Co 4-6 Apr 2020 by Sam […]
BALD EAGLE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Status: Common, locally abundant, regular winter visitor statewide. Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Uncommon regular resident statewide, except southwest and southern Panhandle. Uncommon regular summer visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7697, 31 Oct 1921 Hall Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are generally recognized (Gill et al 2022), although Pyle (2008) considered the […]