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Snow geese are visitors to the British Isles where they are seen regularly among flocks of brant, barnacle goose, and greater white-fronted goose. There is also a feral population in Scotland from which many vagrant birds in Britain seem to derive. Around 2015, a small group of 3–5 snow geese landed on the north shore of O'ahu. They were seen ...
The snow goose (Anser caerulescens) is a North American species of goose. Snow Goose or The Snow Goose may also refer to: The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk, a novella by Paul Gallico; The Snow Goose, a 1971 film based on the novella by Paul Gallico; The Snow Goose, an album by the band Camel
“Snow geese are vocal on the ground, on the water and in the air. Their repetitive, single honking call would give a flock of tundra swan stiff competition for noisiest waterfowl,” the U.S ...
The word "goose" is a direct descendant of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.In Germanic languages, the root gave Old English gōs with the plural gēs and gandra (becoming Modern English goose, geese, gander, respectively), West Frisian goes, gies and guoske, Dutch: gans, ganzen, ganzerik, New High German Gans, Gänse, and Ganter, and Old Norse gás and gæslingr, whence English gosling.
Greater white-fronted geese are 64–81 cm (25–32 in) in length, have a 130–165 cm (51–65 in) wingspan, and weigh 1.93–3.31 kg (4 lb 4 oz – 7 lb 5 oz). [4] [5] They have bright orange legs and mouse-coloured upper wing-coverts. They are smaller than greylag geese. As well as being larger than the lesser white-fronted goose, the ...
Articles relating to Geese, birds 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.
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Geese Honking: Grasshopper: chirp [27] Grasshoppers chirping: Guinea pig: wheek [28] ... Tokay gecko mating call: Turkey: gobble Wild Turkey: Whale: sing Humpback ...