Bird Tweet of the Week: Cackling Goose
Photo from Flickr, R. K. Hacken
For a long time, Cackling Geese were thought to be just a smaller subspecies of the Canada Goose, but genetic analysis painted a different picture. The Cackling Geese are about half the size of Canada Geese but share the general colour pattern of a black head and a large greyish brown body.
Each week we introduce a new bird from the Ottawa-Gatineau area through our segment on CBC Radio’s In Town and Out. Alex MacDonald, Nature Canada’s Manager of Protected Areas, shares interesting facts about the birds that live in our communities. Be sure to tune-in to “Bird Tweet of the Week” on CBC Radio One 91.5 FM on Saturday mornings from 6am to 9am and listen to past episodes on our website.
This episode aired on Saturday, April 2nd, 2016.
