Canada goose
Images copyright by Mark A. Chappell
The ubiquitous Canada goose is very widespread in North America and now breeds in may suburban areas (having benefited from golf courses, city parks, and other protected areas). These birds were photographed near Churchill, Manitoba (left), in Palo Alto, California (upper and lower right), at Bosque del Apache in New Mexico (bottom right) and -- a strange setting for a 'marshland' bird -- the coastal rocks at Pacific Grove, California (below right). The small, delicate-looking 'cackling' goose (second row, below), was in Mission Bay in San Diego, California.
