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A photo of a Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Canada Goose

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

The Canada goose (Branta canadensis), or Canadian goose, is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. It is native to the arctic and temperate regions of North America, and it is occasionally found during migration across the Atlantic in northern Europe. It has been introduced to the United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands. Like most geese, the Canada goose is primarily herbivorous and normally migratory; often found on or close to fresh water, the Canada goose is also common in brackish marshes, estuaries, and lagoons. Extremely adept at living in human-altered areas, Canada geese have established breeding colonies in urban and cultivated habitats. The success of this common park species has led to its often being considered a pest species because of its excrement, its depredation of crops, its noise, its aggressive territorial behavior toward both humans and other animals, and its habit of stalking and begging for food, the latter a result of humans disobeying artificial feeding policies toward wild animals.
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Margaret Gazdacka
Wednesday 31 May 2023 - 7:12pm
United States
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BONNIE BOURQUE
Wednesday 31 May 2023 - 6:47pm
United States
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Abbie Ferrar
Wednesday 31 May 2023 - 6:40pm
United Kingdom
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K Find
Wednesday 31 May 2023 - 6:39pm
United Kingdom
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