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There have been numerous reports of an uncommon bird in our area – a Cackling Goose. Sue O’Rouke took this photo of the goose on Huguenot Lake in New Rochelle (that’s a fancy name for the large pond in front of New Rochelle High School.

You may be thinking that it looks a lot like a Canada Goose. It does. In fact, it used to be considered just a sub-species of the Canada Goose. But now has its own status as a separate species.

The Cackling Goose is much smaller, maybe only half as long as a Canada. And it has a more rounded head. When you see the two side by side the difference is obvious.