RON HENGGELER

May 8, 2011
Mother Goose at Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park

The Canada goose is a large wild goose species with a black head and neck, white patches on the face, and a brown body. Native to arctic and temperate regions of North America, it also migrates to northern Europe. It has been introduced to Britain, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands. Like most geese, the Canada goose is primarily herbivorous and normally migratory; it tends to be found on or close to fresh water.

Extremely successful at living in human-altered areas, Canada geese have proven able to establish breeding colonies in urban and cultivated areas, which provide food and few natural predators, and are well known as a common park species. Their success has led to them sometimes being considered a pest species because of their depredation of crops and issues with their noise, droppings, and habit of begging for food, especially in their introduced range. Canada geese are also among the most commonly hunted waterfowl in North America.

Honoring all the Moms of the world. Happy Mother's Day! . . .

Mother goose and her goslings at Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park

Standing at attention, the parent geese and their goslings at Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park

Mother goose and her goslings at Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park

Mother goose at Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park

 

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