To generalize, geese and swans are on the increase North America wide and this species is no exception. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii ) is recently split from their similar looking, but much larger relatives, the Canada Goose. They are small geese roughly the size of a mallard, with proportionately short necks, stubby bills and high pitched voices. For us they are mostly a bird of fall and winter. Flocks of Cackling Geese are appearing on southern Vancouver Island in larger and larger numbers, and their high pitched cackling is beginning to be a common sound as they fly over Leaning Oaks.
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