The Canada Goose is more familiar and most common of the wild geese and is best
known in urban areas as a visitor in Spring and Fall.
The size of the Canada Goose varies, but the head and neck markings make this goose easily identifiable. The
Canada Goose breed on lake shores and coastal marshes, primarily in Canada, and migrate in
very organized units, utilizing the well known V-formation, although sometimes flying in long
strings of birds. Flying by day and night, Canadas have set down in flocks on city
squares, apparently mistaking a pool of light for a water surface. They seldom live in
cities or towns, although visiting urban parks on occasions. The Canada Goose honking cries in
migration have stirred the blood of many an urbanite on a fall night when traffic noises
let the wild cry from the skies leak through.
