Hello, I've been watching the influx and efflux of geese from the pond across the street from my house all day today. Until about half an hour ago, there were just a lot of "maxima" Canada Geese. Now on the pond are about 200 geese, and a large percentage (I'm going to venture a rough guess at 30%) of them are actually the "interior" Canada Goose subspecies. They are clearly smaller than the maxima Canadas and have a slightly different head shape. They are not Cackling Geese, however they did bring with them at least 1 (possibly 2) "Richardson's" Cackling Goose. There is a second goose that is smaller than the interior Canadas, but is not as convincing as the first bird, and I cannot rule out parvipes or taverneri at this time. I took some pictures (again, I'm far from a good photographer, and camera is not great) but rather than delay this posting to upload them, I'll post them in a little while on the Ohiobirds.org forum. The address is the intersection of Crystalpond Dr. and Spindler Rd. Knowing that many of you are way more experienced than* *I am, I would still just caution anyone not to jump to conclusions on "smaller" white-cheeked geese. There are a lot of "interior" Canadas out there that are smaller than the maximas most of us are used to. What I've found is that if I have to wonder whether a goose is a Cackling or not, it is probably NOT. Good birding everyone! Nate Nye Hilliard, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]