Everyone that has visited Goose Pond during the spring migration has probably seen cackling geese, however they may not have recognized them.
Greater White-Fronted Goose
This spring, there has been excellent opportunity for viewing greater white-fronted geese at our Goose Pond Sanctuary. Also known as “speckled-bellies,” these geese are visiting the Empire Prairie during their spring migration. White-fronts are a handsome, medium-sized goose with a gray-brown body, white on the forehead and base of the orange bill, and variable amount of black mottling on the belly. It’s a treat to hear their distinctive, high-pitched klah-hah-luk call.
Gadwall Duck
Northern Harrier
Horned Lark
Horned larks are our only native lark species in North America (meadowlarks are members of the Icterid, or blackbird, family). Horned larks are open country birds that historically were found in short cover such as short-grass prairies and the tundra; they are also found in Europe, Asia, and northern Africa.
