Canada Goose

The Canada Goose also known as Branta Canadensis (Branta meaning wild geese, and Canadensis meaning of canada) is one of the most common birds in North America. Canada Geese are big water birds with a long neck, large body, webbed feet, and wide, flat bill. They're somewhat between 30 and 43 inches in length, weigh around 6 to 20 pounds, and have a wingspan of 50 to 70 inches. Canada Geese are not sexually dimorphic, meaning there are no distinctive traits to distinguish between the male and female. Canada Geese feed by dabbling in the water or grazing fields and large lawns. Usually females select and build nests. The male guards the nest while the female incubates the eggs. Canada Geese are often seen in flight moving in a V formation. This arrangement is called a "wedge." In this "wedge," there's a leading position in which is rotated because it is very tiring. This is one of the reasons why Canada Geese are able to travel 2,400 km in one day. They live in many habitats near water, grassy fields, and grain fields. They are drawn to lawns for two reasons, so they can digest grass, and because lawns give them a wide view of any approaching predators. When it comes to food, they should not be eat bread, because bread does not have much nutritional value for these birds. Although during the spring and summer, geese concentrate their feeding on grasses and sedges, including skunk cabbage leaves and eel grass. During fall and winter, they tend to rely more on berries and seeds. Their status seems to be a low concern mainly because their numbers are high, and they keep on increasing. Roughly around 2.6 million Canada Geese are harvested by hunters in North America but somehow this doesn't seem to affect its numbers.