{"id":3964,"date":"2016-11-15T02:34:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T02:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/?p=3964"},"modified":"2016-11-15T02:34:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T02:34:05","slug":"richardsons-cackling-geese-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/?p=3964","title":{"rendered":"Richardson’s Cackling Geese in flight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I watched this flock of “Richardson’s” (hutchinsii) Cackling Geese from a distance and managed a pic as they flew overhead. At a distance, their small bodies, rapid wing beats and narrow “hands” were apparent. They were largely silent with the occasional sharp yelp here and there.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1<\/strong> taken in Kanata, Ontario. October 2016.<\/p>\n

In Figure 2 <\/strong>below is a picture representative of my naked eye view as they flew overhead. Note how the head nearly disappears at a distance; this species lacks the large, wedge-headed GISS of Canada Geese altogether, instead appearing pin-headed at a distance. I have found that their pin-headed look provides a nice gut response when investigating a distant flock.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Figure 2<\/strong>: Cackling Geese at a distance. Kanata, Ontario. October 2016.<\/p>\n

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Figure 3<\/strong>: Here’s another Cackling Goose from that same day. The pin head, deep belly and sharp “hand” are traits that shine through at a distance (see bird at top right). Others are Canada’s:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I watched this flock of “Richardson’s” (hutchinsii) Cackling Geese from a distance and managed a pic as they flew overhead. At a distance, their small bodies, rapid wing beats and narrow “hands” were apparent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3968,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964\/revisions\/3968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}