What
Species:
Species Identification Confidence:
I'm very confident
Observation Method(s):
Individual(s) Observed (seen)
Count:
3
Count Type:
Absolute
Sex:
Unknown
Life State:
Alive
Life Stage:
Unknown
Species Account:
A quick stop on my way from Seattle, WA to Logan, UT. In search of a Greater Scaup reported on 27 Dec 2011 from this location by Jay Carlisle, but I only saw three Lessers and no Greaters.
Photographed. Looked like probably two B. h. hutchinsii and one possible B. h. minima, but the latter had a relatively pale breast, which is rare in minima, so I'm suspicious of a particularly small-billed B. h. hutchinsii or possibly a minima x hutchinsii intergrade.----Possibly a pale-breasted B. h. minima?:--<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsirtalis/6633038143/" title="Cackling Goose, Julia Davis Park, Boise, Idaho. 3 Jan 2012. by Ryan P. O'Donnell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6633038143_87d324c2ac.jpg" alt="Cackling Goose, Julia Davis Park, Boise, Idaho. 3 Jan 2012."></a>----<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsirtalis/6633039163/" title="Cackling Goose in front with Canada Goose, Julia Davis Park, Boise, Idaho. 3 Jan 2012. by Ryan P. O'Donnell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7175/6633039163_fd7b520dbf.jpg" alt="Cackling Goose in front with Canada Goose, Julia Davis Park, Boise, Idaho. 3 Jan 2012."></a>----Group of three Cackling Geese:--<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsirtalis/6633057579/" title="Three Cackling Geese, Julia Davis Park, Boise, Idaho. 3 Jan 2012. by Ryan P. O'Donnell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6633057579_ed82e1f301.jpg" alt="Three Cackling Geese, Julia Davis Park, Boise, Idaho. 3 Jan 2012."></a>
Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
Photographed. Looked like probably two B. h. hutchinsii and one possible B. h. minima, but the latter had a relatively pale breast, which is rare in minima, so I'm suspicious of a particularly small-billed B. h. hutchinsii or possibly a minima x hutchinsii intergrade.----Possibly a pale-breasted B. h. minima?:--<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsirtalis/6633038143/" title="Cackling Goose, Julia Davis Park, Boise, Idaho. 3 Jan 2012. by Ryan P. O'Donnell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6633038143_87d324c2ac.jpg" alt="Cackling Goose, Julia Davis Park, Boise, Idaho. 3 Jan 2012."></a>----<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsirtalis/6633039163/" title="Cackling Goose in front with Canada Goose, Julia Davis Park, Boise, Idaho. 3 Jan 2012. by Ryan P. O'Donnell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7175/6633039163_fd7b520dbf.jpg" alt="Cackling Goose in front with Canada Goose, Julia Davis Park, Boise, Idaho. 3 Jan 2012."></a>----Group of three Cackling Geese:--<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsirtalis/6633057579/" title="Three Cackling Geese, Julia Davis Park, Boise, Idaho. 3 Jan 2012. by Ryan P. O'Donnell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6633057579_ed82e1f301.jpg" alt="Three Cackling Geese, Julia Davis Park, Boise, Idaho. 3 Jan 2012."></a>
Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
Where
Location:
Decimal Degrees: 43.6,-116.1
Location Precision:
±250 meters
Location Use:
Unknown
Region:
Game Management Unit:
County:
When
Date Time:
January 3, 2012, 1:53 pm to 2:49 pm MST
Date/Time Precision:
Day
Who
& How
Survey Method:
eBird - Traveling Count
Source Agency:
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
SA code (IDFG Reference Code):
Location Unresolveable:
No
Source Type:
Digital, Appended
Source ID:
URN:CornellLabOfOrnithology:EBIRD:OBS135012157
Verification Status:
Trusted