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Snow Goose Scroll down for details  Scientific Name: Anser
Caerulescens Habitat: Marshes, fields, lagoons Appearance: 25-31" long, either White or "Blue" (dark form) White form has black wing tips, pink bill with black line around mouth opening. Blue Phase; Same bill as White phase, dark grey body, white head and neck. Usually seen in flocks, often fly in U-shaped formation. Food: Aquatic vegetation, grains Nesting: Nest is a ground depression lined with down and grasses. Female lays 3-8 white eggs and incubates for 22-25 days.Young are downy, leave the nest soon after hatching and stay with parents until following spring. |
The name Snow Goose is now applied to a group of
birds that were formerly considered distinct species; the Lesser Snow Goose, the Blue
Goose, and the Greater Snow Goose.The Blue goose is actually a darker pigmented form of
the Lesser Snow Goose, which is just a smaller form of the Greater Snow Goose. All forms
breed in the Arctic, and when migrating, are apt to fly very high (around 1,000 ft.) in a
long, curved, U-Shaped formation. |
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