Capt. Jack Passie
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That isn't an Aleutian, it most likely is a parvipes or hutchsinii.
Keith Mueller says it is along with two master birders her on the east end
That isn't an Aleutian, it most likely is a parvipes or hutchsinii.
That isn't an Aleutian, it most likely is a parvipes or hutchsinii.
Keith Mueller says it is along with two master birders her on the east end
I am not trying to start a fight or down play the uniqueness of the bird, but I can tell you with absolutely no reservation that it isn't not a cackling cackling goose or an Aleutian cackling Canada and probably not even a parvipes. I have managed Pacific Flyway geese for almost 20 years. Most likely it is a Hutchsonii, I showed the picture to a research biologist with 25 years of field experience beyond his Ph.D. research on cacklers in Alaska and he also believes it to be a Hutchsonii. Nevertheless, its a unique bird for where you shot it.