Specklebellies

Paul Link, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ North American Waterfowl Management plan coordinator, holds a banded specklebelly goose. The department is studying habitat use, movements, immigration and emigration, fidelity to wintering areas of specklebellies. (Submitted photo)

Fewer specklebelly geese may lead to shorter season

They fly by your house, and they honk. 
No, they aren’t friends and neighbors greeting you as they travel on your street — they are migrating geese.
Of the species of geese that midwinter in Louisiana, specklebellies are visiting the state in dwindling numbers.  

Wintering counts in Louisiana of white-fronted geese, often called specklebellies, have declined in the last two decades, according to the mid-winter waterfowl survey conducted every January. (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Photo)

Changes in distribution of white-fronted geese investigated

White-fronted geese, often called specklebellies, flock to Louisiana during the fall and winter and are a popular game choice for hunters.

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