Goose variant - ID help

[Randy Stout]

This goose popped up at our local bird sanctuary a couple of weeks ago. Was hanging around with a group of normal Canada geese, but had some significant variations from the run of mill birds. Much larger white area on chest/neck area, larger stirrup of white on head, much thicker legs. A friend mentioned that his son who lives in Alaska said that this was what the Canada geese originally looked like, but I have not been able to confirm this. It was nice that he stretched out his neck to give us a good view.

D500. 500PF. f/7.1. ISO 500 1/2000s.

Post in LRCC and PS2020.

Thanks for your help.

Cheers

Randy

[dankearl]

I have no idea... neat pose.

[John Mack]

Like the pose and the snow. Framing is right on. Not sure on the ID.

[Steve Kaluski]

Very nice Randy, good techs too. Perhaps a tad more on the RHS so the shadow isn't so tight to the trim?

TFS
Steve

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet pose, exposure and details Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

It does seem like a pale individual, including the legs (although hard to tell if they are simply dirty). Neat pose with that outstretched neck. Fun to spot differences between birds!