Date: 11/7/24 4:00 pm From: Ducky Darrick <dadams...> Subject: [NHBirds] I believe I found the cackling goose
Couple of weeks ago the New Hampshire RBA mentioned unconfirmed reports of a cackling goose among the Canada geese in the drewsville recycling center pond. I made a second attempt today to go up and see this after also noticing that a number of cackling goose sightings were in the Vermont rearbert alert as well. I brought a partner along with me this time so that I could get a second opinion if I saw the bird that I believed to be the cackling goose since last week I believe myself to have seen it but was alone. What I found was one goose that did not have the pale cream colored breasts that all the rest of the geese in the flock possessed. This one had a plain brown breast not unlike the color of the rest of the body. My friend looked through the binoculars and was able to make out this feature as well and because it was in a dense group of other geese it was possible to contrast this one individual's features with those of the geese surrounding it. After using my Sibley's guide to compare the two species we are both of the opinion that we found the cackling goose.
