The head and neck black, with a "chinstrap" distinguish the Canada goose
from all the other white geese, with the exception of the Barnacle
Goose, but the second has a breast black and gray, rather than the body
brown plumage. There are seven subspecies of this bird, in different
sizes and plumage details, but all recognized as Canada geese.
Some of the smaller breeds can be difficult to distinguish from the
crowd noise small overlap Goose.
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However goose chatting generally much
smaller, a little 'bigger than Mallard, with a shorter neck and smaller
bill. The largest is the subspecies B. c. Maxima or "Giant Canada Goose,"
and smaller (in common with the group cackling goose) is B. c. parvipes
or "lesser Canada goose This specimen is the largest wild goose ever
recorded of any kind. Life expectancy in the wild of geese that survive
to adulthood including 10-24 years.
Like most geese, the Canada Goose migratory course. The wintering
area in the United States more calls head from large groups of Canada
Geese in V formation of signal transitions in the spring and autumn. In
some areas, migration routes have changed due to changes in habitat and
food sources. In the second year of their life in Canada Geese
find a mate. The female lays 3-8 eggs and both parents protect the nest
while the eggs incubate, but the female spends more time in the nest
than the male. The egg predators are known to Arctic foxes coyotes,
raccoons, foxes from the north, large gulls, Raven, crows and bears
Americans.
As changes occur during the annual summer breeding season, adults
lose their flight feathers on the day 20-40, recovered flight around
the same time as you start flying geese The geese are often seen leading
goose online, usually a parent in front and one on the back. Although
parents are hostile foreign geese may form groups of a number of geese
and a few adults, called crèches.
In North America, non-migratory Canada goose populations have increased. The species is often found on golf courses, parking lots and parks, the only migratory geese on rare occasions, however. In many areas, non-migratory Canada Geese are now considered pests by humans. It The agency responds to municipalities or private landowners, such as golf courses, the geese obtrusive or object to their waste. Nests Addling goose eggs are destroyed and as a method of birth control for people promoted Geese have a tendency to attack humans when they feel threatened themselves or their goslings.