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Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima) |
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Above: Mixed flock of Canada and Cackling Geese, with two American Wigeon, in flight. Nisqually NWR, Washington (1/19/2006).
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Above and below two: Part of a large flock dominated by minima
Cackling Geese, but perhaps containing several Aleutian (leucopareia)
Cackling. (Note the white neck-rings in a few of the birds.) Check out Harry Krueger's "Cackling Goose -- Canada Goose Subspecies Identification
Indicators" for more information on these subspecies. Photos taken at Nisqually NWR, southwest of Seattle
(1/8/2006) |
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