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Canada goose
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Canada goose

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Canada goose (Branta canadensis).
(credit: Leonard Lee Rue III)
Brown-backed, light-breasted goose (Branta canadensis) with a black head and neck and white cheeks. Subspecies vary in size, from the 4.4-lb (2-kg) cackling goose to the 14.3-lb (6.5-kg) giant Canada goose, which has a wingspread of up to 6.6 ft (2 m). Canada geese breed across Canada and Alaska and winter mainly in the southern U.S. and Mexico; they have been introduced into England and other countries. They are an important game bird. Their almost incessant honking draws attention to their V-formations during migration. In recent years their population in North America has increased, making them pests in some inhabited areas.

Canada goose
a large common greyish-brown North American goose, Branta canadensis, with a black neck and head and a white throat patch


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; reducing dusky Canada goose quota from 165 to 90 because of declines in population size; upping the bag limit of 2 white-fronted and 4 white geese (up from 1 white-fronted and 3 white geese last year) for Klamath County late-winter goose season, to help further reduce agricultural depredation by migratory geese.
Bird hunting, sport fishing rules on agenda by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Hunting Timely tip: Northwest permit goose hunters, the Pacific Flyway Council is taking public comment on a draft Dusky Canada Goose management plan through Feb.
OUTDOORS BRIEFLY by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
But goose hunting in most of the Willamette Valley agricultural area is complicated almost beyond belief, due to another variety of goose, the dusky Canada goose.
GAGGING ON GEESE by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
 
 
 
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