Cackling geese were awarded species status only 20 years ago. Earlier, the ornithological authorities considered all “white-cheeked” geese to be a single species, called Canada geese, a name ...

Five species of geese regularly occur in North Dakota. Two of these present identification challenges. If you throw in the strays, the number rises to six. Illustration / Mike Jacobs ByMike Jacobs ...

Staying in my car kept the geese calm. Checking the identity of every goose yielded those three common species: Canada, cackling and greater white-fronted.

For the geese, of course, that rule doesn’t apply. There are actually three subspecies of goose that occur regularly on the refuge, the Western Canada goose, the cackling goose and the Aleutian ...

In overall mass, the cackling geese that appear here are only about 3/4 the size of the Canadas. But the best field mark is the cackling goose's bill.

After reaching a low of about 800 birds in the 1960s, the Aleutian cackling goose is one of the Endangered Species Act's success stories. It was removed from federal protection in 2001.

MONROE — An estimated 70 to 80 cackling geese have died since early November from suspected bird flu at Lake Tye Park, state officials said. On Nov. 4, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

Bristol County: Among sightings were a greater white-fronted goose and a cackling goose at the Somerset Reservoir in Somerset, five snow geese and two Northern shovelers at Buttonwood Park in New ...