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Snow in San Diego
Feb 20, 2012 12:28:15 #
Snow is not the first thing that comes to mind when most people think of San Diego. Yet most winters we usually get one storm that's cold enough to leave a light dusting of snow in the local mountains. Last Wednesday we had one of those storms. So Saturday some friends and I drove up to lake Cuyamaca( have fun pronouncing that one) Unfortunately by Saturday most of the snow was gone.
Hwy 79
Snow on the hills
Snow Midget (not enough snow for a snowman)
Lake Cuyamaca
Duck
This one needs identification
Feb 20, 2012 12:50:48 #
Feb 20, 2012 13:07:42 #
Wow its very rare for that area to get snow. The temps are usually always in the 70s-80s year round.
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Feb 20, 2012 13:35:28 #
Couldn't find you goose in my Audubon guide or in Petersons so I got out my Murray McMurray catalog. I think it might be a Toulouse.
http://albc-usa.org/cpl/waterfowl/toulouse.html
http://albc-usa.org/cpl/waterfowl/toulouse.html
Feb 20, 2012 13:59:14 #
rpavich wrote:
Nice to see, I've trout fished in Cuyamaca many times...
This was my first trip to the lake in many years. Maybe my memory is fuzzy but I remember the lake having a lot more water the last time I was there.
Feb 20, 2012 14:10:28 #
Country's Mama wrote:
Couldn't find you goose in my Audubon guide or in Petersons so I got out my Murray McMurray catalog. I think it might be a Toulouse.
http://albc-usa.org/cpl/waterfowl/toulouse.html
http://albc-usa.org/cpl/waterfowl/toulouse.html
Thanks Country's Mama. I looked up Toulouse goose and I agree with you.
Feb 20, 2012 14:19:04 #
Biker_Chic wrote:
Wow its very rare for that area to get snow. The temps are usually always in the 70s-80s year round.
Lake Cuyamaca sits at 4600 ft elevation. It's common for that area to get a light snow once, maybe twice most winters.
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Feb 20, 2012 14:38:19 #
Feb 20, 2012 15:01:00 #
Roger Salls wrote:
I've noticed that most geese are too loose.
Good one :thumbup:
Feb 20, 2012 15:22:51 #
Roger Salls wrote:
I've noticed that most geese are too loose.
It took me a minute but I got it :thumbup:
Feb 21, 2012 06:23:00 #
I believe your "duck" is actually a Canada goose. It has the distinctive facial pattern.
I don't think the other one is a Toulouse goose; its facial/beak structure doesn't look right to me. It think it's probably a domestic goose hybrid.
I don't think the other one is a Toulouse goose; its facial/beak structure doesn't look right to me. It think it's probably a domestic goose hybrid.
Feb 21, 2012 07:52:45 #
Feb 21, 2012 12:27:58 #
Country's Mama wrote:
Couldn't find you goose in my Audubon guide or in Petersons so I got out my Murray McMurray catalog. I think it might be a Toulouse.
http://albc-usa.org/cpl/waterfowl/toulouse.html
http://albc-usa.org/cpl/waterfowl/toulouse.html
Seriously? A Toulouse Goose?
Feb 21, 2012 13:26:24 #
Photo-Al wrote:
Seriously? A Toulouse Goose?
Country's Mama wrote:
Couldn't find you goose in my Audubon guide or in Petersons so I got out my Murray McMurray catalog. I think it might be a Toulouse.
http://albc-usa.org/cpl/waterfowl/toulouse.html
http://albc-usa.org/cpl/waterfowl/toulouse.html
Seriously? A Toulouse Goose?
Don't look at me I didn't name it. :roll: Yes there is such a goose, but they are kept as domestic geese in the United States are far as I know. If you doubt me check out the web site I posted. :-D
Feb 21, 2012 13:31:00 #
russelray wrote:
I believe your "duck" is actually a Canada goose. It has the distinctive facial pattern.
I don't think the other one is a Toulouse goose; its facial/beak structure doesn't look right to me. It think it's probably a domestic goose hybrid.
I don't think the other one is a Toulouse goose; its facial/beak structure doesn't look right to me. It think it's probably a domestic goose hybrid.
I agree the it doesn't look quite right, could be a Toulouse crossed with and African. The bump (and I am a terrible poultry leader in that I don't know what it is called) seems to be about half way between the toulouse and the african.
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