Hi Folks!
 
Sorry about the earlier partial message....my smart phone sent it before I  
was done writing.
 
There are several kinds of Cackling Geese. In Maryland the most common is  
"hutchinsii", Richardson's Goose. A couple birds seen over the years look 
like  "minima", but this has not yet been proven. All of the geese in the 
Cackling  Goose Complex can have complete white neck collars at the base of the 
black  neck, so it is not a diagnostic feature for identifying the 
subspecies. 
 
Good Birding!
 
Jim
 
Jim Stasz
North Beach MD

 
 
In a message dated 1/13/2011 4:59:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
 writes:

Has  anyone else seen a white-collared cackling goose in Md recently? Had 
one with  a thick collar in with some canadas 10 days ago  and it's been 
eating at  me. I know it's typical of the aleutian race, but can occur in other 
cacg and  cang  races.
Curious as to how "common" it is here…

Amanda  Spears,
Chestertown

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