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Canada goose Branta canadensis
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Length: 16-25 inches Wingspan: 50-68 inches
Sexes similar
Large long-necked goose
Black bill
Black head and neck
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Canada Goose
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
also known incorrectly as the "Canadian Goose"
Ganso de Canadá - en Español
Species Code: BRCA ...
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
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As the name suggests, Canada Geese come from North America where they breed in Canada and northern USA and winter in southern USA. There are eleven subspecies.
Canada Goose
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CANADA GOOSE FACTS
Description
The Canada Goose is a large goose with a black head and long black neck with broad white chinstrap. The back is brown and breast is pale tan or cream. It has white rump and black tail. The legs and bill black.
The Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Found in North America at large, Canada geese are the most widely distributed of the wild geese.
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
The Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) nests across much of Canada and the northern United States and winters in the southern United States and parts of northern Mexico.
Canada Goose
Big goslings.
North Table Mountain
05/25/11
Canada Goose
I photographed this Canada Goose in the shallow ponds and wetlands of the Muscatatusk National Wi...
Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
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Where are they found? Europe, North America, Oceania ...
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Canada Goose feeding patterns change over the course of a year. In spring, they are often found grazing in grass or sedge habitats, or along aquatic edges. In migration and winter, they depend more upon high-carbohydrate foods.
The Canada Goose is from the order Anseriformes. Anseriformes are birds, with over 150 species belonging to this order. The majority of these are waterfowl such as ducks, geese, screamers and swans.
The Canada Goose is a common North American goose. It makes a loud, honking sound.
RangeThe Canada goose breeds and winters in most of Canada and the United States.
Habitat The Canada goose can be found in a wide variety of habitats including lakes, bays, rivers and marshes. It often feeds in open fields and grasslands.
Canada Goose
(Branta canadensis)
Status: Year-round Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2011
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed
2002 to 2006: Confirmed
2007 to 2011: Confirmed ...
Canada Goose
You wouldn't know it to look around today, but the Canada Goose was once an uncommon bird.
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis (Linnaeus)
Status Common transient, locally fairly common in winter, rare in summer. Breeds. Southbound migrants appear in September (average 16 September, earliest 2 September).
THE CANADA GOOSE.
[Canada Goose.]
ANSER CANADENSIS, Linn.
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Fast Facts
Type: Bird Diet: Herbivore Average life span in the wild: 24 years Size: Body, 30 to 43 in (76 to 110 cm); Wingspan, 4.2 to 5.6 ft (1.3 to 1.7 m) Weight: 6.6 to 19.
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Canada goose hunting is a traditional sport. Blinds, pits, decoys, retrieving dogs, marshes, corn stubble fields, goose calls, magnum shotguns, frosty dawns, sleet, snow and good friends are all a part of it.
The Canada Goose is a widely-recognized national symbol and is readily identified up close or flying swiftly in V-formation during migration. Its familiar call is a harsh, nasal Ka-ronk.
The giant Canada goose eats roots, seeds, shoots, grain, and berries. In ponds, they eat plants off the bottom with their tail and back end in the air!
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In recent years the Canada goose population has increased dramatically both in Minnesota and the Midwest. State wildlife agencies have increased bag limits and season lengths in hopes of keeping the population in check.
This race known as Aleutian Canada Goose.
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Canada Goose:
Sacred Circle, Cooperation
A few years ago, while I was working in the Beyond the Rainbow office, a Canada goose landed in my back yard. It appeared to be in some distress, pacing around, flapping its wings, and honking.
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Q. I have a problem with Canada geese. I don't want them hurt, but will you come move them someplace else?
Canada Goose Branta canadensis. Breeder. Common in winter in Tennessee Valley region, but fairly common to rare in spring, summer, and fall. Uncommon in all seasons in Mountain region.
Canada Goose - 87 migrating in two flocks of 40 and 47
Double-crested Cormorant - 1 with 3 Great Cormorants on rocks
Northern Gannet - 5 including 2 juveniles feeding out from inlet and 3
adults moving south far offshore.
Razorbill - 1 on water.
Canada Goose
The Canada Goose is a large North American bird that honks.
Cardinal
The Northern Cardinal is a brilliant red bird with a short, wide bill.
The Canada Goose occurs throughout most of the United States during the breeding season, and most individuals spend winters in the central and southern latitudes of the country.
The Nene and the Canada Goose are probably derived from a common ancestor.
While not common, Canada goose eggs were occasionally found in greater sandhill crane nests at Gray's Lake, Idaho [31].
Canada Goose Branta canadensis: Tri-City Park, Placentia, CA, 01 Jan
Mute Swan Cygnus olor: Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 07 Jan
Wood Duck Aix sponsa: Saint John's Pond, Laurel Hollow, NY, 07 Jan ...
Other species that nested in both years were American Coot, Canada Goose, and Pied-billed Grebe. Species richness was significantly and positively related to wetland area in both years.
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) - Eno River, Orange Co., NC 5/18/08
Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima). Three at Lake Mattamuskeet, Hyde Co., NC 12/29/04.
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) - Raleigh, NC 6/11/06 ...
Canada goose
Anser anser. Grelag goose
Tadorna variegata. Putangitangi. Paradise shelduck. (endemic)
Tadorna tadornoides. Australian shelduck
Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos. Whio. Blue duck. (endemic)
Anas platyrhynchos. Mallard
Anas gracilis.
It is not clear exactly how long the average Canada goose can live, but there have been two geese that were reported to have lived very long lives. One of them lived to be 24 years old and another reached 23.
The Cackling Goose was a subspecies of the Canada Goose, but it was decided by the American Birding
Association in July 2004 that the Cackling Goose should be listed as a separate species.
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The two most widely known species of goose are the Canada goose and the Domestic goose (or Grey goose).
Similar to the Canada Goose, the Nene is about 24 inches long, the Canada being larger at 30 inches. The head is black with buff cheeks and neck. The voice is also similar to the Canada goose, the most recognizable sound being a loud honk.
The once nearly extinct giant Canada goose (Branta canadensis maxima) has experienced population explosions in areas throughout North America.
Winters s to n Mexico. Aleutian Canada Goose was removed from the list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in 2001. Most grain consumption is postharvest. Flocks often found in urban parks with lakes or rivers; semi-domesticated.
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* Canada Goose B. canadensis
* Cackling Goose B. hutchinsii
* Red-breasted Goose B. ruficollis
* Hawaiian Goose or Ne-ne-, B. sandvicensis
* Ne-ne--nui or Woods-walking Goose, B. hylobadistes Conservation status: Prehistoric ...
In North America the best-known and most widely distributed species
is the Canada goose. Its nesting grounds extend from arctic Canada
and Alaska to the prairie states of the United States. It varies ...
10. Northern Pintail and Canada Goose at Potter Marsh south of Anchorage
11. Northern Pintail
12. Greater Yellow-legs at Potter March ...
Wild boar (Sus scrofa)
Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Fairy tern (Sterna nereis)
Chatham Island black robin (Petroica traversi)
Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) ...
Anser - Grey Geese, including the domesticated goose and the Swan Goose
Chen - White Geese (often included in Anser)
Branta - Black Geese, such as the Canada goose ...
Resting stopover sites for migratory birds, including: Canada goose, peregrine falcon, whooping crane, indigo bunting.
Shelter and hiding places from predators like marsh hawks and raccoons for prey animals like rabbits and frogs ...
larger subspecies, the body is a light gray tone. Underneath, the colors are much lighter and almost white on the tail. During flight the tail shows a white semi-circle just above the black tail. These color patterns are unique to the Canada Goose.
 See also: Goose, Swan, Duck, Snow Goose, Finch
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