Had the Barnacle Goose, Cackling Goose, and several possible Dusky Canadas at the Parade Ground at Van Cortlandt Park with the two large Canada Goose flocks. The "Dusky Geese", ssp. occidentalis, seemed not only to look different but sounded slightly different too. The cackling looks to be possibly the ssp. hutchinsii. They were all there when I left at 10:50 but were being harrassed by a photographer so don't know if they are still there. Andrew
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