Hi All— Erika and I had no trouble finding five Cackling Geese at Carleton College’s Lyman Lakes. We noted the report of these geese on Birdseye, the birding finding app for the iPhone or iPad. The birds apparently were first reported by Gerald Hoekstra to eBird.
One photo I took for comparative purposes of a Cackling Goose and a Canada Goose also proved to be interesting due to the Canada’s white forehead. This pattern occasionally occurs in Canada/Cackling geese and is illustrated in Sibley. The photo is posted on my blog this morning: http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota [email protected] http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika The White Album: Portraits of Minnesota Birds<http://www.blurb.com/b/3992062-the-white-album-portraits-of-minnesota-birds-dan-t> Two Years Among the Odonates <http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3467428> ".... the best shod travel with wet feet...Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ....”—H. D. Thoreau; "Back off, man. I'm a scientist."—Dr. Peter Venkman ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
