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2nd Lifer-of-the-Day. Have @gyrrlfalcon to thank for pursuing this. Donna's husband monitored this species years back after it's #'s dropped drastically low. We saw one with a blue #'d collar ( Photo's #2,3 & 4.)
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2nd Lifer-of-the-Day. Have @gyrrlfalcon to thank for pursuing this. Donna's husband monitored this species years back after it's #'s dropped drastically low. We saw one with a blue #'d collar ( Photo's #2,3 & 4.)
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Most people consider the Aleutian Cackling Goose the most handsome of the Canada/Cackling Goose complex, but this bird was brought to the brink of extinction when foxes were introduced to the several breeding islands that supported the world's population. By the late 1960s, only a few hundred birds were left. A recovery program was implemented, removing the introduced foxes from these islands, re-introductions, and closing hunting of all small white-cheeked geese in the Pacific flyway. My husband was a member of the monitoring team during these early years, following the small flock of geese from their fall arrival in Crescent City, CA to Colusa and Modesto, CA where he entire population wintered. Without this protection, a single detrimental event could have wiped them out forever. The recovery program has been very successful and they have been delisted. The current population is over 100,000 birds.
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Most people consider the Aleutian Cackling Goose the most handsome of the Canada/Cackling Goose complex, but this bird was brought to the brink of extinction when foxes were introduced to the several breeding islands that supported the world's population. By the late 1960s, only a few hundred birds were left. A recovery program was implemented, removing the introduced foxes from these islands, re-introductions, and closing hunting of all small white-cheeked geese in the Pacific flyway. My husband was a member of the monitoring team during these early years, following the small flock of geese from their fall arrival in Crescent City, CA to Colusa and Modesto, CA where he entire population wintered. Without this protection, a single detrimental event could have wiped them out forever. The recovery program has been very successful and they have been delisted. The current population is over 100,000 birds.
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Small size, small bill, white ring on neck. Hanging out with the Sandhill Cranes rather than the Canada Geese. Also a big flock overhead.
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Small size, small bill, white ring on neck. Hanging out with the Sandhill Cranes rather than the Canada Geese. Also a big flock overhead.
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Small size, small bill, white ring on neck. Hanging out with the Sandhill Cranes rather than the Canada Geese. Also a big flock overhead.
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Small size, small bill, white ring on neck. Hanging out with the Sandhill Cranes rather than the Canada Geese. Also a big flock overhead.
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With GWFG in second pic
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With GWFG in second pic
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Accepted by CO BRC
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Accepted by CO BRC
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Minima Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima), Oakland Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, Alameda County, California- 20 February 2012.
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With a Canada Goose to its right in one picture