[Tweeters] Cacklers

[Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters]

Yes, Cackling Geese are back. We had our first-of-season on Monday the 23rd
of September. A group of four tired looking Cackling Geese joined their big
Canadian cousins on the lawn at Treasure Island Park here in Twin Lakes,
Federal Way. They  seemed to be of the -minima- subspecies since the local
Canadian geese are more than twice as big!

Yesterday morning their number was up to 34 and today it was slightly down
to 27 Cackling Geese. With them was a single Greater White-fronted Goose,
which had left by evening.

During the last two winters we have had up to 400, maybe 500 Cackling Geese
here in Twin Lakes, likely "overflow" from the Kent Valley wintering
population. They come in at dusk to roost on our lakes and sometimes feed
on the Treasure Island Park lawn during the day. They also have taken a
liking to the grass on the golf course. This did not endear them to the
golfers!

Good Birding!

Hans

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*Hans Feddern*
Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA
thefedderns at gmail.com
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