Thanks again to Peter Post for his finding & photographing the goose
in question at the Central Park reservoir (in Manhattan) and for doing
some follow-up, making photos available. For those not subscribed,
the publicly-accessible archive for the "Frontiers of Identification"
birding list-serve, and the specific post with lengthy comments from
Ken Abraham, are here: http://listserv.ksu.edu/web?A2=ind1602c&L=birdwg01&T=0&P=169
(note too that this was forwarded on by Jean Irons, & the comments
are all from Ken Abraham, & not from Irons or Pittaway.)
I'll second that I'd have not looked at this as a Cackling, & in fact
did not in the last 3 days while it's been present on the reservoir in
Central Park. And I am definitely not at all expert of these geese
forms!
Tom Fiore
Manhattan
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