. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 2005 Mallory, Fontaine, and Boyd: Canada and Cackling Geese 485 125° 115° 105° 95° 85° 75° 65° 55 75c 65<. Figure 1. Known range (shaded) and new location observations (dots) of Canada {Branta canadensis) and Cackling geese (Branta hutchinsii) in eastern Nunavut, Canada. The existing range represents a composite of information from a variety of published sources. Note that solid triangles for Canada Goose harvest include harvest of adults and/or eggs, and do not differentiate between Canada Geese and Cackling Geese. On 1
. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 2005 Mallory, Fontaine, and Boyd: Canada and Cackling Geese 485 125° 115° 105° 95° 85° 75° 65° 55 75c 65<. Figure 1. Known range (shaded) and new location observations (dots) of Canada {Branta canadensis) and Cackling geese (Branta hutchinsii) in eastern Nunavut, Canada. The existing range represents a composite of information from a variety of published sources. Note that solid triangles for Canada Goose harvest include harvest of adults and/or eggs, and do not differentiate between Canada Geese and Cackling Geese. On 11-14 June 2001, we also observed approxi- mately 50 nesting Canada Geese on the northern Cumberland Peninsula near Merchants Bay (67°20'N, 62°30'W). Inuit at a local outpost camp had been har- vesting Canada Goose eggs for a week; there were at least 12 eggs in a bucket at the camp on 11 June. Anoth- er 18 pairs of breeding geese were seen on 7 June 2002 on nearby Qaqulluit Island (67°12'N, 62°33'W). Dur- ing the trips from Qikiqtarjuaq to Qaqulluit Island, other Canada Geese were often flushed from heath slopes and lowlands along the 100-km route. All the geese in this region were large, suggesting B. c. inte- rior affinities. On southern Bylot Island (73°N, 78°W), J. D. Heyland (personal communication) found nesting geese each year from 1969-1971. Most of them were small, apparently Cackling Geese, but in 1970 a larger pair bred successfully (JDH and HB). A photograph taken before 1937 at Pond Inlet shows a local Inuit woman with Snow Geese and one Cackling Goose harvested nearby (A. Reed, personal communication). Lepage et al. (1998) saw flocks of small, Cackling Geese on Bylot Island almost every year between 1979 and 1997, and confirmed breeding on three occasions. They also saw five larger birds that they suggested were B. c. in- terior. C. Machtans flushed a Canada Goose of un-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may ha
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