This is super easy. The bird is either missing a lot of flight feathers or they
are abbreviated. Cacklers replace their flight feathers on the breeding grounds
(way north of here), same as Canada. The odds of a molting goose in NoCal
during August overwhelmingly favors it being a Canada. Plumage and relative leg
length, along with size comparison with the gulls all suggest Canada as well.
Dave Irons
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 9, 2018, at 5:31 PM, David Hewitt
<dhewitt37@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:dhewitt37@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Cackler or small Canada? Tony L sent it back to the queue through photo review.
- Dave
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From: Parkers <jparker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:jparker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Date: Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: Cackling Goose in eBird
To: dhewitt37@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:dhewitt37@xxxxxxxxx>
Debby here. Here's another shot the same day. Jim said it also had a dark
breast which we failed to put on eBird list.
On 2/8/2018 1:24 PM, David Hewitt via eBird wrote:
Hey Jim,
I think I agree with Tony who sent this back to review that it is not small
enough for a Cackler and is probably a small race Canada... what say you? Three
records are in purgatory for this.
Species: Cackling Goose
Count: 1
Observation date: Aug 24, 2017
Location: Lake Shastina, Siskiyou, US-CA
Submission ID: S38829846
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38829846
Dave Hewitt
dhewitt37@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:dhewitt37@xxxxxxxxx>
<5B3A7796 Cackling Goose Lake Shastina Aug. 24, 2017.JPG>
