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Cackling Goose

Branta hutchinsii

30 Karen Circle, Windsor, CT, Connecticut

November 9, 2026 · 6:40 AM local time · Reported by William Generous

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Notes from this checklist

“continuing / has been here about a week”

Checklist excerpt: “42 and Cloudy / The geese usually start departing here in groups about 10 minutes after sunrise…”

Historical context

0.63% of complete eBird checklists reported Cackling Goose in Hartford County, Connecticut during November 8-14, 2016–2025.

Based on 1,909 complete checklists. County reporting frequency, not a rarity rating.

Reports in 6 of 10 years during November 8-14.

November (whole month): reports in 9 of 10 years.

Year-by-year evidence

Each year uses the same county and seasonal period. An exported zero does not prove absence. Unknown means the species row, frequency or checklist sample is unavailable. These records do not estimate your chance of finding the bird or establish rarity.

Annual eBird exports for November 8-14
Year / sourceResultComplete checklists
2016Exported zero111
2017Exported zero116
2018Reported122
2019Reported118
2020Reported167
2021Exported zero195
2022Exported zero225
2023Occurrence recorded*263
2024Reported285
2025Reported307

*Occurrence is recorded, but the export does not establish an exact complete-checklist percentage.

Source and limits

This county-wide sample pools the selected years. It does not establish how regularly the species returned each year, how likely you are to find it at this spot, or whether this flock size is unusual. Percentages can be unstable when few checklists are available. Habitat, observer effort and repeated visits affect reporting. A zero does not establish absence.

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Cackling Goose across Northeast · When featured

52 report groups

On 59 eBird checklists · 7-day window ending November 9, 2026

Counts reflect the available eBird notable feed, which may omit other reports.

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Checklists with the same location and start time are grouped together. They may be copies from a shared outing, but this feed does not confirm that. These groups are not a count of independent sightings or distinct birds. The featured checklist is included in this total.

Checklist details
Survey type
Stationary
Time in the field
2 minutes
Birders on the outing
1 person
Species logged on this checklist
3 different species