8 April 2025
I strive very exhausting to not be gullible however typically I get taken in. Yesterday was a lesson in Do Not Consider The whole lot You See On The Web even if you happen to belief the supply. I’m bringing this up right this moment so that you, too, can be taught the reality.
Yesterday I noticed an unbelievable picture of a really tiny goose from Wild Chook Fund, a trusted wildlife rehab company in New York Metropolis and I believed it. Mistaken! It was posted on April Idiot’s Day. Duh!
The excellent news is that in wanting up dwarf geese I realized that poor diet within the gosling part can stunk the expansion of a younger Canada goose who then by no means reaches full dimension. Right here’s the corrected information.
Now, what about that half-sized goose within the picture at prime? Is it a dwarf? No. It’s a special species!
The Cackling Goose was lengthy thought of a bunch of smaller subspecies of the Canada Goose. In 2004, the smallest 4 of the 11 acknowledged Canada Goose subspecies have been break up out because the Cackling Goose. Canada and Cackling Geese hybridize in a number of areas, which might additional complicate identification within the area.
Cackling geese (Branta hutchinsii) are concerning the dimension of mallards, have stubby payments, steeper foreheads and shorter necks. They’re a Uncommon Chook in Pittsburgh although fairly frequent in winter in New Jersey, the Nice Plains and California’s Central Valley.
