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Aleutian Cackling Goose
Branta hutchinsii leucopareia
36.7787, -76.2401
Field Notes
Description:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anserinae
Genus: Branta
Species: B. hutchinsii
Subspecies: B. h. leucopareia
Habitat:
Aleutian geese typically arrive in California in mid October each year. The majority of the population goes right to their primary wintering areas in the Central Valley.
Notes:
I found them at Cox Communications' Chesapeake campus crossing the parking lot.
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Photographed
PublishedSeptember 6, 2014
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