Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

CACKLING GOOSE.

172c. Branta canadensis minima. 24 inches.

This is a perfect miniature of the above, the difference being only in the size. It breeds in Alaska and along the Arctic coast and migrates in winter along the western coast south to southern California. Eggs are buff color; 4 to 9 (2.90 × 1.95).