True Cackling Goose (Bh minima) - Weld County, CO - March 2013
Cathy called out, "I've got a dinky dark goose." I knew it was gonna be good. Note the glossy bronzy breast, a mark shown only by Aleutian and minima Cackling Geese. Notice the wing covert pattern, which is very rarely seen in Canada/Cackling Geese other than minima. The base of each wing covert is blue-gray, followed by a dark brown subterminal band and a whitish terminal band. Photographed at Windsor Lake, Weld County Colorado, on 7 March 2013
True Cackling Goose (Bh minima) - Weld County, CO - March 2013
Cathy called out, "I've got a dinky dark goose." I knew it was gonna be good. Note the glossy bronzy breast, a mark shown only by Aleutian and minima Cackling Geese. Notice the wing covert pattern, which is very rarely seen in Canada/Cackling Geese other than minima. The base of each wing covert is blue-gray, followed by a dark brown subterminal band and a whitish terminal band. Photographed at Windsor Lake, Weld County Colorado, on 7 March 2013