Canadian Goose
by Kay Novy
Title
Canadian Goose
Artist
Kay Novy
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The giant Canada Goose, Branta canadensis maxima, bred from central Manitoba to Kentucky but was nearly driven extinct in the early 1900s. Programs to reestablish the subspecies to its original range were in many places so successful that the geese have become a nuisance in many urban and suburban areas.
The oldest known wild Canada Goose was a female, and at least 33 years, 3 months old when she was shot in Ontario in 2001. She had been banded in Ohio in 1969.
In a pattern biologists call �assortative mating,� birds of both sexes tend to choose mates of a similar size.
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July 29th, 2016
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