Front:
CANADA GO
Goose
Gander
LYNN
BOGUE
HUN
Back:
Wildlife Post Card Series
Subject 10
RESTORE
PROTECT CONSERVE
AMERICA'S
CANADA GOOSE
(Branta canadensis)
WILDLIFE
Wedges of Geese passing overhead are
as symbolic of spring as the first Robins.
The musical "honking" of the V-shaped
flocks is a very exciting sound. These
black-necked, white-cheeked fellows are
far from being the "silly Geese" that
their barnyard brethren are. They would
not survive long in the wild, if they were
not quite intelligent.
RESOURCES
Although some Canada Geese
nest in parts of the United
States, most of them pass the sum-
mer in Canada-some as far north as
the Arctic circle. The nest is placed on a
high spot of ground, or on a little island.
Five to nine buffy-white eggs are laid
on a bedding of down. The newly-
hatched Goslings are buffy yellow.
Several races of Canada Geese are
recognized-one, the Cackling Goose,
which spends the winter in California, is
almost as small as a Mallard Duck.
NAME
Copyright 1939, National Wildlife Publishing Corp., New York
CITY
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