Voting Comments

Voting Comments

Record #: 4-B-07

Cackling Goose

1st Round:: 6-1
2nd Round: 5-2
ACCEPT

1^st Round (6 Accept, 1 Reject)	2^nd Round (- Accept, - Reject)
06-12-2007. Shirley Sturts -- Accept Description and photos fit those of the Cackling Goose Photos show a comparison with Lesser and Common-	08-03-2007. Sturts -- Reject, specific identification not established I'm going to agree with Lisa that we can, for now anyway, only reliably identify the subspecies minima
6/13/07. Cliff Weisse -- Accept Good photographs support key field marks that are included in description. Although bill shape is not mentioned in the written report it is apparent in the photos.	8/4/07. Cliff Weisse -- Accept Photos and description include all relevant field marks and confirm the identification of Cackling Goose.
06-16-2007. Dave Trochlell -- Accept Wow, great report!	08-16-2007. Dave Trochlell -- Accept I'm going to hold with my previous vote of acceptance, thanks to Jay's convincing description.
25 June 2007. Darren Clark -- Accept Photos and description are good.	5 Aug 2007. Darren Clark -- Accept I still vote to accept based on the observer's report.
1 July 2007. Hardy -- Reject, natural occurrence questionable If these are CACG, it seems unlikely that they would be swimming in a pond in a city park if they were indeed wild birds. It is my understanding that only the minima subspecies of CACG can reliably be distinguished in the field, and so I don't believe that species identification is established for these birds, though they seem to be good candidates for CACG.	9 August 2007. Hardy -- Reject, specific identification not established Report and photos insufficient to distinguish CACG from smaller subspecies of CANG.
07-02-2007. chuck trost -- Accept Good description and adequate pics.	08-07-2007. chuck trost -- Accept Size and shape of the head and bill, plus their general small size, and adequate photos leave little doubt in my mind.
7/7/06. Charles Swift -- Accept The white ring at the base of the neck stocking seems to support leucopareia over taverneri (based on photos I've found on the web and Krueger's ID article).	8/23/07. Charles Swift -- Accept See round 1 comment.