ML615020340

Age

Not specified

Sex

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Observation details

Subspecies usually don't interest me, especially in the CAGO group. (It took me almost 10 years to see my first Cackling Goose from pure lack of interest). Today, however, a group of about 25 CAGOs in a much larger group caught my interest. They were much, much smaller than the surrounding birds, stayed together more or less, and seemed much more wary than all the others. At one point, they all got up and walked away together in a perfectly straight line. They're beaks, however, were not short enough to qualify as Cackling or Richardsons. So, I'm thinking that maybe they qualified as "Lesser" Canada Goose, based on Sibley's guide?? I attached a few blurry iPhone photos that don't really show a size comparison. Interesting. Here's a link to a SIbley article on the Lesser: https://www.sibleyguides.com/2008/11/lesser-canada-goose-in-the-northeastern-us/

Technical information

Model

iPhone 13 mini

Lens

iPhone 13 mini back dual wide camera 5.1mm f/1.6

ISO

50

Focal length

5.1 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/1.6

Shutter speed

1/2309 sec

Dimensions

4032 pixels x 3024 pixels

Original file size

2.51 MB