Canada Goose

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Canada Goose

TYPE:   BIRD 

RANGE:
U. S. and Canada

FOOD:
Herbivore - grass, rushes,
sedges, algae, eel grass

PREDATORS:
Humans

HABITAT:
Lakes, marshes, bays,
fields, meadows, prairies,
parks, lawns

 


DESCRIPTION
  • When traveling long distances, a flock of Canada Geese will fly in V formation or in a diagonal line. They migrate from Canada and northern U.S. to central and southern U.S. in the winter.
  • In recent years, the numbers of Canada Geese have grown to the point where they are considered a major nuisance in some suburbs. They hang out on lawns and in parks, making a great deal of noise with their “honking” and leaving piles of droppings.
 

 

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