What is a snow goose?
Snow Goose (Chen Caerulescens) is a migration bird that generally occurs in North America, which feeds mostly vegetation and is known for its penetrating Honking calls. The adult bird has about 27 to 33 inches (69 to 84 cm) in length with a wing span of up to 65 inches (165 cm) and can weigh up to £ 7 (3.2 kg). There are two bird subspecies, a smaller snow goose and a larger snow goose. Snow geese can have white or dark feathers, but usually have the tips of black wings, black spots on the sides of their accounts and pink legs and accounts. Geese migrate to areas with warmer winter weather, including the northwest coast of the United States or Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana. Poultry will also spend winters along the east coast from New Jersey to North Carolina. It is common for geese snow to migrate to the southwestern United States and even in the central Highlands of Mexico. During Zimys, birds inhabit marshes, bays and pastures.
When a snow goose is 2 years old, it finds a friend. Man and woman remain nAnd all life paired. Social creatures, snow geese nest together in large colonies. Some colonies include thousands of pairs of snow snow.
sexually ripen at the age of 2 to 3 years, a gentleman on a snow goose around June. During the mating season, snow geese are territorial and couples defend the nest places. The woman generally places four or five white eggs. The egg takes approximately three weeks to hatch, and when they are born, the goslin gray. Men and women share responsibility for raising their young people and lead the young from the nest to one day from hatching.
Young are able to feed after leaving the nest. Snow goose diet consists of seeds, grains, leaves, roots, grass, water vegetation and berries. Both parents stay with their youngsters at least first winter, and after the second or third migration they often walk their separate paths.
good swimmers, geese of snow do not consider looking food but often walking under water to get upNulius to predators, including eagles, foxes and wolves. When they are on the ground, birds can run fast. Adept leaflets, goose snow can rise at speeds of up to 50 miles (80.4 km) per hour.