Cackling goose???

["Jim Bailey" <jim at bailey dot aros dot net>]

Hi,

Judy & I saw this bird in Layton today. I think it's a Cackling Goose, 
but will never know for sure, I suppose. You can tell from the pictures 
that it's only slightly larger than the Mallard. The primaries appear to 
extend beyond the tail. It was hanging out by itself, away from the 
other Canada Geese. A rather tame Trumpeter Swan with a leg band was 
also there. 

http://bailey.aros.net/nature/images/Cackling%20goose%20reduced.jpg
http://bailey.aros.net/nature/images/Cackling%20goose%201%20reduced.jpg
http://bailey.aros.net/nature/images/Cackling%20goose%202%20reduced.jpg
http://bailey.aros.net/nature/images/Cackling%20goose%203%20reduced.jpg

About a dozen Hoodies were seen at Kaysville Ponds. 

We struck out on the Fulvous Whistling-Duck :-(

Jim Bailey
2032 Ribbon Lane
Holladay, UT 84117
(801) 274-8034

A  hobby must be in a large degree useless, inefficient, laborious or
irrelevant -Aldo Leopold

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