Date: 10/31/24 11:39 am From: photohutch via groups.io <steve.hutchcraft...> Subject: Re: [EBB-Sightings] Cackling Geese help--Oak Hill Park, Danville
Thanks. Do Lessers sound similar to a Greater Canada Goose? These two had a very different pitch to their honking, much higher in tone, almost a squeak. . . .
Thanks,
Steve Hutchcraft
Alamo, CA
> On 10/31/2024 8:12 AM PDT Teale Fristoe <fristoe...> wrote:
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> Hi Steve,
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> Given the long necks and bills of these birds, I suspect they are Lesser Canada Geese rather than Cackling Geese. If they are Cackling Geese, I guess they would be of the Richardson's subspecies, which approaches Canada in its size and paleness.
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> Best,
> Teale Fristoe
> Albany
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> On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 10:23 PM photohutch viahttp://groups.io <steve.hutchcraft...> mailto:<comcast.net...> wrote:
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> > Howdy Birders,
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> > A couple of time over the last week, I've seen a pair of Cackling Geese at Oak Hill Park in Danville. In the ten years I've been walking the dog at the park, I haven't seen a pair of Cackling Geese together, let alone twice in a week. The first time, they flew in and out of the pond quickly; the second time, grazing with a lone Canada Goose.
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> > I'm curious of the subspecies, as they have no neck ring and are fairly pale. Probably easy for the experts, but a puzzlement for me.
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> > Here's a link to the listing and pics on eBird.
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> > https://ebird.org/checklist/S200854582 > >
> > Thanks for the help!
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> > Steve
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> > Alamo
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