The North American Geese: Their Biology and Behavior

• Main Author: Johnsgard, Paul A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2016
• Subjects: birds; ornithology; emperor; greater white-fronted; snow; Ross's; Canada and cackling; barnacle; brant; Animal Sciences; Behavior and Ethology; Biodiversity; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Other Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Poultry or Avian Science; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Canada; Brant; Canada Goose
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/zeabook/44; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/zeabook/article/1043/viewcontent/NAmGeese_for_DC.pdf

The eight currently recognized species of North American geese are part of a familiar group of birds collectively called waterfowl, all of which are smaller than swans and generally larger than ducks. They include the most popular of our aquatic gamebirds, with several million shot each year by spor...