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A goose ( pl.: geese) is a bird of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae. This group comprises the genera Anser (grey geese and white geese) and Branta (black geese). Some members of the Tadorninae subfamily (e.g., Egyptian goose, Orinoco goose) are commonly called geese, but are not considered "True Geese" taxonomically. [1]
Brent Goose at RSPB: Birds and Wildlife; BBC Nature – Brent Goose Archived 9 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine; Stamps from Canada, Germany, and Jersey at bird-stamps.org (the Brent goose has also featured on stamps from Eire, Finland, and Oman; these can easily be found via any internet search-engine). "Brent Goose media".
The stores weave together Canada Goose’s Arctic heritage with modern innovation and offer consumers the widest selection of product, from the broadest range of colours and styles to one-of-a-kind exclusives. 2017. Canada Goose goes public in March, listing on the New York and Toronto Stock Exchanges.
The Vancouver Canada goose is characterized as having a dark warm brown chest and body. It closely resembles the smaller Dusky Canada Goose ( B. c. occidentalis) and is sometimes lumped as one subspecies, but averages larger with a slightly paler body and longer bill. It is also distinguished geographically and by mitochondrial DNA. [1]
The emperor goose ( Anser canagicus ), also known as the beach goose [6] or the painted goose, [7] is a waterfowl species in the family Anatidae, which contains the ducks, geese, and swans. In summer, the emperor goose is found in remote coastal areas near the Bering Sea in arctic and sub-arctic Alaska and the Russian Far East, where it breeds ...
Dec 14, 2022 · Canada Geese. Photo: Robert Hamm/Alamy. 5.) Goslings—the name for goose chicks—can learn to swim within one day of being born. As they get older, they sometimes form groups with other goslings called gang broods. The gang brood travels and feeds together under the watchful eyes of the parent geese. 6.)
The big, black-necked Canada Goose with its signature white chinstrap mark is a familiar and widespread bird of fields and parks. Thousands of “honkers” migrate north and south each year, filling the sky with long V-formations. But as lawns have proliferated, more and more of these grassland-adapted birds are staying put in urban and suburban areas year-round, where some people regard them ...
