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Canada goose

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Canada goose or Canadian goose
n.
A common wild goose (Branta canadensis) of North America, having grayish plumage, a black neck and head, and a white throat patch.

Canada goose
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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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Noun1.Canada goose - common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting callCanada goose - common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call
goose - web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
Branta, genus Branta - wild geese


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[2] HUNTER: Robert Lund, Palm Springs, CA BAND #: 1028-22750 SPECIES: Canada Goose (F) BANDED: 6/27/2006 LOCATION: Mona, UT RECOVERED: 12/14/2008 LOCATION: Wister, CA [3] HUNTER: Robert Lund, Palm Springs, CA BAND #: 1587-53508 SPECIES: Lesser Snow Goose (M) BANDED: 8/1/2003 LOCATION: Ikpikpuk River Delta, AK RECOVERED: 12/14/2008 LOCATION: Wister, CA [4] HUNTER: Vern Larsen, Appleton, WI BAND #: 1727-79417 SPECIES: Ross's Goose (F) BANDED: 7/28/2005 LOCATION: 31 SSW Eskimo Pt.
Byline: Emma Stone POLICE have arrested two men after claims a Canada goose was dragged from a Coventry lake and killed.
Complicating matters is a relatively recent change in the wild Canada goose migration pattern, and now 70 percent of them winter from the southern New England coast to Long Island.
 
 
 
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