Canada Goose

The Canada Goose (Branta Canadensis), Canada’s national bird is best known for its great numbers across Canada, its wonderful V-shaped flight pattern and honking during migration. The Canada Goose can be readily recognized by its white area on the cheek, long dark head and neck and brown feathered body throughout.  The smallest Canada Goose, called the cackling, weighs as little as 1.5 kg, up to the giant specie which is as heavy as 14 kg. The Canada Goose nests anywhere and feeds anywhere such as the water’s edge, ponds and lakes. People have been feeding these birds, which abound in cities and towns, and this habit has disturbed their migration patterns. Many of these majestic geese fail to migrate and become destitute in the cold Canadian winters.