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bird
Branta Canadensis`
39.3003, -76.9263
Field Notes
Description:
small races22-26" (56-66 cm); large races 35-45" ( 86-114c). Brownish body with black head, long black neck, and conpicuous white cheek patch. The smaller Brant has a ashorter neck and lacks the white cheek path
Habitat:
lakes, bays, rivers, and marshes. Often feeds and open grasslands and stubble fields
Notes:
4-8 whitish eggs and large mass of grass and moss lined with down. When people speak of "wild geese" it is generally this familiar species they have in mind. Breeds from Alaska East to Baffin Island and south to California, Illinois and Massachusetts.
Species ID Suggestions
4
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