Comments on: #328 Cackling Goose http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/01/29/330-cackling-goose/ Ranting and Raving Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:38:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Elliotte Rusty Harold http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/01/29/330-cackling-goose/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Elliotte Rusty Harold Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:22:19 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/?p=109#comment-326 A Richardson's is a subspecies of Cackling Goose. Most people around here think it was a Richardson's. A Richardson’s is a subspecies of Cackling Goose. Most people around here think it was a Richardson’s.

]]> By: set http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/01/29/330-cackling-goose/comment-page-1/#comment-325 set Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:09:10 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/?p=109#comment-325 How do you know the pictured bird is a Cackling Goose? Could it be a Richardson's? The breast is strikingly light which runs counter to the descriptions I have of Cacklings having notably darker breasts. Thanks. How do you know the pictured bird is a Cackling Goose? Could it be a Richardson’s? The breast is strikingly light which runs counter to the descriptions I have of Cacklings having notably darker breasts.

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]]> By: Hugh McGuinness http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/01/29/330-cackling-goose/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Hugh McGuinness Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:34:47 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/?p=109#comment-318 One reason to capitalize bird names is for clarity in writing. For example when writing about birds a yellow warbler is any warbler that has yellow color, but a Yellow Warbler refers to a particular species Dendroica petechia. One reason to capitalize bird names is for clarity in writing. For example when writing about birds a yellow warbler is any warbler that has yellow color, but a Yellow Warbler refers to a particular species Dendroica petechia.

]]> By: Elliotte Rusty Harold http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/01/29/330-cackling-goose/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Elliotte Rusty Harold Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:16:29 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/?p=109#comment-315 Damned if I know why, but it's the standard way of writing about bird species. I guess it's considered to be a proper name. See <a href="http://www.audubon.org/local/cn/98spring/cbn.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.audubon.org/local/cn/98spring/cbn.html</a> Damned if I know why, but it’s the standard way of writing about bird species. I guess it’s considered to be a proper name. See http://www.audubon.org/local/cn/98spring/cbn.html

]]> By: John Cowan http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/01/29/330-cackling-goose/comment-page-1/#comment-313 John Cowan Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:07:16 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/?p=109#comment-313 BTW, why do you Guys capitalize the Common Names of Birds? BTW, why do you Guys capitalize the Common Names of Birds?

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