I thought this blog post on Cackling Goose identification from our neighbors to the north would be useful here in Ohio as we face the same identification issues with smaller specimens of Canada Goose. http://teamebirdmichigan.wordpress.com/2014/10/01/identifying-cackling-goose-in-michigan/ Good birding, Andy Sewell Columbus, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]