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In 2000, the North American population of the geese was estimated to be between 4 million and 5 million birds. [93] A 20-year study from 1983 to 2003 in Wichita, Kansas , found the size of the winter Canada goose population within the city limits increased from 1,600 to over 18,000 birds.
The native range of the Atlantic Canada goose is the east coast of North America. These birds summer in eastern Labrador, Newfoundland, and various islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and winter in much of the eastern United States, as far south as North Carolina. [1]
The native range of the Vancouver Canada goose is southern Alaska from Glacier Bay down to western British Columbia, where 90% of this subspecies remains year-round. . Despite its name, this subspecies does not regularly occur in the city of Vancouver or the Lower Mainland, where it is replaced by the introduced resident Moffitt's Canada Geese (B. c. mo
The Moffitt's Canada goose (Branta canadensis moffitti), also known as the Western Canada goose or Great Basin Canada Goose is a subspecies of the Canada goose.Native to the western interior of North America surrounding the Rocky Mountains, its range has expanded due to introductions to various regions of western North America.
However, giant geese have both a lower call and a larger bill to body size ratio. Another good identifier includes the black on the neck, which starts much further up the neck than any other subspecies. The giant goose's white cheek patch is very large, reaching the lower bill. Unlike other variants, the underbelly is very pale.
Since the late 1990s, efforts have been underway in the U.S. and Canada to reduce the North American population of lesser snow and Ross's geese to sustainable levels due to the documented destruction of tundra habitat in Hudson Bay and other nesting areas. The Light Goose Conservation Order was established in 1997 and federally mandated in 1999.
Dusky Canada geese represent one of the smallest populations of Canada goose in North America. [2] The dusky Canada goose weighs approximately three to twelve pounds and is twenty-five to forty-five inches in length. [5] Male and female geese have black heads and necks, white cheeks, and similar voices. [5]
Midcontinental white-fronted geese in North America have many breeding areas and each group in each breeding area differs in its migration time and wintering location. There are six breeding areas, including interior Alaska, the North Slope of Alaska, western Northwest Territories, western Nunavut, central Nunavut, and eastern Nunavut. These ...