Hi Folks!
 
If you have a copy of the Yellow Book, on page 48 is bar chart for Canada  
Goose "small races". After the split, when "small races" became Cackling Goose,  
more birders started submitting their observations. I have personally seen  
Cackling Goose in all 23 counties in Maryland. If you find a flock of 500-1000  
migrant Canada Geese [not the local breeders] you can usually find one or 
more  pairs of Cackling Geese. The easiest way to find them is not by size, but 
by  color....they are grayer bodied and appear paler than the browner bodied  
Canadas. My maximum count at any one time is 26; typically only one or two pair 
 will be found in a flock.
 
 
Good Birding!
 
Jim
 
Jim Stasz
North Beach MD
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