Michaelbrook pair -02
Canada Goose pair (Branta canadensis) Michaelbrook Marsh, Kelowna, BC. These guys are quite a bit smaller than most of the geese I see; they're not, I think, Cackling Geese.... The one at the back is closer to having the short bill of a Cackler.
But I could be wrong. Wikipedia is useful, but I'm not sure how helpful in resolving this conundrum:
"There are up to 5 subspecies of cackling goose, of varying sizes and plumage details.
The female looks virtually identical but is slightly lighter and has a different voice.
Some are hard to distinguish from the Canada goose, with which the cackling goose was long assumed to form one species, the cackling goose and the smaller Canada goose subspecies being called the lesser Canada goose.
The smallest 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) cackling geese (B. h. minima) are much smaller than any Canada goose, but the subspecies B. h. hutchinsii, at up to 3 kg (6.6 lb), grows to the same size as some Canada geese."
Michaelbrook pair -02
Canada Goose pair (Branta canadensis) Michaelbrook Marsh, Kelowna, BC. These guys are quite a bit smaller than most of the geese I see; they're not, I think, Cackling Geese.... The one at the back is closer to having the short bill of a Cackler.
But I could be wrong. Wikipedia is useful, but I'm not sure how helpful in resolving this conundrum:
"There are up to 5 subspecies of cackling goose, of varying sizes and plumage details.
The female looks virtually identical but is slightly lighter and has a different voice.
Some are hard to distinguish from the Canada goose, with which the cackling goose was long assumed to form one species, the cackling goose and the smaller Canada goose subspecies being called the lesser Canada goose.
The smallest 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) cackling geese (B. h. minima) are much smaller than any Canada goose, but the subspecies B. h. hutchinsii, at up to 3 kg (6.6 lb), grows to the same size as some Canada geese."