Things you need to know about CANADA GEESE!
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- What do Canada geese eat they eat, where do they live, when do they nest, how long do they live for? All this and more covered in this Canada goose Fact-file.
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The Canada goose is the largest widespread goose that is found in the UK. They have wingspan of up to 1.8 metres and can weigh as much as 6 and a half kilos. They have a black tail and legs, a white patch under their tail, a white rump when they fly and slate grey wings. Their head and neck markings are very distinctive being black with a vibrant white chinstrap. Just like other species of goose, males are known as ganders and although from their plumage they are identical to the females they are usually slightly larger.
As their name suggests, Canada geese are not a native species and were first introduced to the UK from their native north America in 1665. Over the following 100 years they were deliberately and accidentally introduced across the country and they have also been introduced to mainland Europe, Russia and Asia. In their native range most Canada geese used to be migratory, sometimes travelling thousands of miles each winter, but they are now predominantly resident. Birds in the UK do sometimes move to better feeding grounds in the winter but they have no fixed migratory route and it is thought that those in England never cross paths with birds just 26 miles away in France.
Just like most other geese, a Canada gooses diet mainly consists of aquatic vegetation, grass, insects, Molluscs and other invertebrates. In Urban areas people also feed them with scraps, bread and seeds.
Canada geese usually start nesting when they are 2 to three years old when they form a monogamous pair. The female then creates a large bowl shaped nest of vegetation lined with feathers, usually between march and April. This will be on the ground and within close reach of water. She’ll lay between 2 and 12 light cream coloured eggs that measure around 8 and a half centimetres in length. The gander guards the nest whilst the female does all of the incubation and after 25 to 28 days the chicks, which are known as goslings hatch. At first they are covered in a layer of fluffy yellow to green down, they have their eyes open and are able to walk and feed themselves straight away. Once all of the goslings have hatched, their parents lead them away from the nest and to the relative safety of the water. Sometimes, when several pairs nest close to one another, they may accidentally adopt the young of other geese, resulting in one pair looking after far more goslings than they have produced. The young grow fast and are heavily protected by their parents, or adopted parents, until they can fly at around 10 weeks old. Family groups often stay together over the winter, before the young move off in the following spring. Canada geese usually only nest once in a season but if their nest is destroyed, they can nest a second time within 12 months. They will also mate for life but only if their breeding efforts are successful, if they have one or more failed nesting seasons it isn’t unusual for a pair to split and find new mates.
There are currently an estimated 190,000 Canada geese in the UK and over the past 5 years these numbers have remained relatively stable. In the wild they have an average lifespan of around 6 years but one bird made it to 33 years and 3 months before being shot and in captivity they can live even longer than that. There are multiple records of captive birds living to beyond 40 years of age and several online sources even suggest they can live for up to 80 years. I think someone must have made a typo and then been copied a few times as that number is far higher than I'm able to believe.
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I saw a family of Canadas which had adopted a Greylag gosling into their midst last year
we have loads up here in Norfolk, they are a joy to watch and making families, they are hilarious, sassy and bonkers, they fly overhead my house every morning honking like a bunch of broken cycle horns. love them!
I love geese..they are very connected to one another. I have been told that during flight, if one should descend, or become injured, all of the other geese stay behind with the goose until it is well and back in flight again.
❤🪿Thank you for this wonderful footage❤
I know they take it in turns to be at the front of the 'arrow' and as the front ones get tired they'll drop back and get in the slipstream of others to make flying easier and they can regain a bit of energy - all while still flying.
It's really impressive being directly beneath them as they're flying , they must be thousands in their groups, I see them every year , one group after another in formation like an R.A.F. Squadron !
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I should not have laughed at the pooping goose 🤣
I love three things about your videos Liam:
1. Your infectious enthusiasm.
2. You take everyday wildlife and make it much more interesting.
3. Your great generosity in making these videos and sharing with us all
Thanks Charles, that's very kind and I really appreciate your support. Please let me know if there are any topics that you would like me to cover in the future.
Cheers.
@@AShotOfWildlife you know I would really love to see one on the Raven and how to distinguish it from the Carrion Crow (which you have already covered in a video)
@@charlesbarbour2331 Okay. I will add a tick next to that then as Ravens are already on my list. I'll have to see what footage I can get of them before I say when I can get it done but know that it is coming :)
@@AShotOfWildlife thanks for asking my opinion. I will keep watching whatever you make
@@charlesbarbour2331 thanks. I really appreciate your support :)
Geese are SO cute
They make me so happy and I don’t even know why
If you gotta problem with Canada Gooses, you got a problem with me. I suggest you let that one marinate.
They are my favourite water bird so thanks a lot ..I usually fly to Uk each year just to film them and enjoy what was my home city.Shame people feed bread especially to the goslings plus it results in many public saying they make a mess. You have made my day.Thanks a lot. The most beautiful goose ever and amazing parents .Have a great week .All the best from Helena ..👍👏🏻
Thanks Helena. Have a great week :)
Water pigeons**
They’re my favourite too. I live in Canada so they’re everywhere and it’s great. They’re feisty birds!
@@doctorjekyll6125 they're actually known as Cobra Chickens
@@aaronlawrence666 do you mean Canada Geese or Cobra Chickens? Lol
I live in Cleveland MS and we have a flock that lives down the street year round in the park. I LOVE TO LISTEN TO THEM FLY OVER AND TALK TO EACH OTHER!
I used to have a crow that followed me around and I couldn't tell if it was lipping me off or giving me Odin's blessing.
I've heard that crows recognise people and will tell their pals if a particular person has been especially nice or horrible to them, and if you've been bad to an individual, he will tell all his mates and whenever they see you they will all start shouting at you and calling you a wanker! (In crow)
So if it's only one that's doing it I'd assume he's saying something relatively nice.
That's my long way of saying you'd know about it if he was giving you some backslavver !
Your videos are always a treat to watch. At 2:44 I counted 18 goslings swimming in a line with a parent front & back.
Absolutely majestic animals!
Canada geese are such beautiful and are also favourite waters birds
I'm in the middle of America, and all your facts apply here as well. I even witnessed a dog disturbance cause one family to "adopt" most of the other family's goslings.
Great video!
That's cool. I did try to keep it broad enough to cover them for most of their range so I'm glad that worked. Cheers.
Oh Branta canadensis ... I bow to you, my Deity.
Lots of canada goose love from me and my mom here in Virginia, USA.
What an excellent video! I love the shot of the tiny goslings running after their parents, flapping their tiny wings. There are a lot geese (depending on the time of year) at the river park that I go to, and I never get tired of watching them.
Thanks Susan! I am glad you enjoyed the video!
Yeah, I had to watch that bit a few times they look so funny & cute like they're going 'wait for meeeee!'
Geese are actually very good Parents.
Most of them are. I guess the parents that have their young adopted away aren't the best though.
@@AShotOfWildlife Nope.
As I type this I'm moored up at Tixall Wide on the Staffs and Worcs canal on my narrowboat and I'm listening to individuals calling to each other in a group of about 1,000 Canada geese that assembled on the water yesterday evening. They're simply beautiful. It's the first time I've ever observed birds of any species for an extended time. It's fascinating watching their comings and goings; I was trying to see what prompts them to suddenly take to the air as evening falls having gathered on the water - usually not all of them but occasionally a large group will take off with much noise and honking. I was watching to see if I could spot a leader who would initiate the flight but to me it all seemed random - they would just suddenly go go go! Often returning a few minutes later (or replaced by a new group - difficult to tell). Absolutely fascinating. I think I'm starting to twitch! 👍
May be interesting to capture video to capture frame by frame the start of flight?
I loooooove the Canada geese near me. They always sit next to me and chill after I’m done feeding them. Lovely birds!
I’m also really enjoying going through your videos. Very informative, and I’ve found myself noticing new things about the birds from your videos - thanks for sharing 😊
please dont feed them bread though, its really bad for them in large amounts
@@jaguarlegoanimations9826 I don’t! Grains and seeds and mealworms only :)
@@WhoAreWeAnyway2929 good to know :)
These things are beautiful. They are like the worldwide duck. Whenever there is a lake with no duck, these guys come and seem to be like ones.
I saw the first batch of goslings at the pond down the road today, love geese.
Wonderful footage of the 'extra' goslings and I learned more about Canada geese which I see very often on my walks. Great video as always, well done and thanks!
There is a myth that the Canada Goose was named after its original home range. The truth is they were named after a characteristic of Canadians themselves in that they're generally peaceful until angered or on the defensive at which point you're in a world of trouble. 🙂
I live in a neighborhood with up to 20 families of these geese, thank you 🙏🏻 🙏🏻🙏🏻
We have them here in Los Angeles. Every time I have come across one, they are very friendly. They always walk up to me and hang out for a little while. I have never fed them before because I didn’t know anything about their diet until now.
They are my most favourite birds. Love Honkers
Talking about the age of geese i live here with my family in British Columbia Canada and keep wild waterfowl for a hobby and i had a Canada goose alive for 29 years and 7 months even in here last year alive she still laid one egg
What I want to know is: What are the Canadians doing with those geese to make them so mean? lol! The Canadian geese come down here to California and are so raucous! Then the geese migrate back to Canada. Great video.
You don't want to know.
@@lehaepta 😆😆😆 Take care!
Thank you, spot on with your facts, in the NW of the UK, we have the resident geese and around 300 migrant visitors that stay over winter and fly off again in late February. If you take the time to watch them up close, you realise they are like people, each one has a slightly different personality, and have minor differences in their markings, so you - and they - can tell the difference between the individuals. Once they trust you, you are a friend for life. There is a wild one here, if I sit on the canal bank and stretch my legs out, it will come and stand on my lap and look intently at me. They are just amazing, and wonderful parents.
Haha you've got yourself a little friend!
Yes true, they can get to know you and even visit every day or come back every summer to chill with you!
My favorite birds are Canada goose and swans 🦢🦢🦢🦢
Excellent video, my guy! I live in Minnesota, USA and the Canadian Cobra Chickens are absolutely everywhere. Ive wanted one as a pet for a long while, but the wife says no.
I’m in ND, and these wonderful biirds are part of life. They hold up traffic a lot 🤣
Another great film.These are great overviews of wildlife,thank you.
Cheers. Next up, the black headed gull :)
Always enjoy your channels post ! Thumbs up 👍 2 !
Family keeps them together for life 💚
When the geese have more morality ,integrity and values than half the adult people that you know : (
@@grindelston5968 Agreed. Humanity needs a new great flood.
I truly love them so much. I hang with them regularly as I have a pond in my backyard / neighborhood. A lot of the neighbors don't like them and it makes me so sad. I also have ducks and the one thing ducks have learned is to not crap everywhere. If a goose family comes onto my backyard, even for 15 minutes, there is tons of big goose poop all over. I wouldn't mind them hanging out there ever if they didn't poop nonstop. And especially where they eat.
Like 2 as always Watch the Perfect Videos,Nice Places,Great Hunts From Your Friend
Thank you 😊
Thank you for the great video. Such underappreciated, beautiful creatures.
Yes, I'm guilty of taking them for granted a bit, I learned a bit more appreciation for them from this video. I didn't know about them adopting other goslings by accident. Nice communal birds : )
They are crazy quirky characters but great survivors….
There's some gaggles of Canada geese down on the river Severn, during the winter, about 150 in number. Last time I was watching them, there were two barnacle geese hanging out amongst them. They seemed happy enough. My first sighting of that lovely breed. Cheers, bud.
👍 Nice one Liam. I have to confess that, for me, it's a bit of a case of familiarity breeding contempt with the Canada Goose, but thanks for reminding us that they are nevertheless a bird to be appreciated and better understood. Have to admit that I did enjoy the 18-gosling creche line from 2:45 onwards! 🙂
Thanks Graham. I believe some of the footage in this video was from our visit to Lackford (definitely filmed by me this time though). Now the world is returning to normal I'll have to get round to sorting out that return trip I owe you.
I wanted a run down of everything about the Canada goose and one minute of searching later, this was it. Perfect! Such a great video with excellent footage. Thank you 😊
Here in Ontario we have a sign on our main roads,caution,Canada Geese Crossing.🇨🇦❤️😀
Don’t get too close to them as they can be vicious,even chase you.🥺🏃♀️🏃🏃♀️🏃
Thanks Liam for the Canada Geese facts and figures! Greetings and have a nice day! // Bertil.
I noticed a huge flock of Canadian geese in my neighborhood yesterday as I was driving past an elementary school. They were munching on grass in the school's field, and they must have numbered at least 100 birds if I were to guess. I don't how they ended up here in this area since I have never seen them here before, and I've lived here almost 60 years. I did learn something from this video--that these birds are not only migratory but also residential. I formerly had this conception that Canadian geese were only migratory and were permanently stationed in Canada, hence the name, that they instinctively know to fly back there.
The Canada Goose is an amazing creature! I get photographs of them any chance I get along with other fantastic wildlife that live in the urban aria I call home!
Thank you for the details......
Matthew Frank MIKO outdoor
Sent me to you similar stuff. Great video!
I had no idea the UK had so many Cobra Chickens for so long!
Excellent every time
Its the largest hissing-type goose that builds a nest in a planter next to my work place
But so cute 💕 cant wait to see the lil chicks😊
Brilliant video thank you!
Brilliant video. I love these animals
Thank you!
Amazing bird
Thank you!
Cheers!
Great job
Great video
They have great memory and they are very sociable I see them most days and they mix well with Greylag Geese and not just when they are being fed,check out Rupert Sheldrake and his work on Morphic Resonance...
I live along a canal in uk, they are such lovely birds they stay close by when feeding them and wash and relax. The lovely looks they give are beautiful
Thanks.
Good video my friend
Have a happy day
Thank you.
I experienced being aggressively charged by a gander for the first time a couple of days ago. The benign assault occurred at my place of employment where a large mob of Canadian Geese live during the Spring and Summer months. I have been around these Geese for 4 years now and have never had a bad experience with any of them until now. Turns out that this is there nesting season and so they are extremely territorial and wary of others right now. I unintentionally came too close to the nests which prompted the attack. I can definitely confirm that being attacked by one is one of the more petrifying experiences you’ll ever have with an animal. Take any and all warnings serious and definitely keep a long-range distance between you and them if possible.
Dang that sucks I'm sorry to hear that they are very annoying and I can't stand them they act stupid sometimes too when your driving and in the middle of the road usually they are bear work places that are factory based or that have grass types area
Yeah, the amount of force they have when beating their wing is incredible. Definitely would hurt too.
But still love them.
Leave goose alone! It's not their fault we build a factory on their home.
Seriously though I wonder if it's because in factory areas the temperature tends to be a few degrees higher than surrounding areas?
I living in Germany we have more from winter bis 6 months lovely and I give food to family they are my best friend when they are moving to anther country I miss and 😭😭😭😆❤❤❤❤
I live in Ohio and also my house is between 2 big fields and the forest I ALWAYS see these geese in a flock of 2-18 and I like that they are always different flocks some of the geese are used to me :)
Growing up in Southern New Jersey and living in Delaware we see these hoodlums in the Fall and Winter. Every morning their on your car leaving you a gift.
So cute
That is the sunnyvale community center pond, was just there feeding them
They’re really common around North America too. I often see a few flocks eating grass, which sometimes can be up to 20 geese in one area.
Golf courses are like the Geese favorite. Flocks go to them probably since it is a nice looking savannah for them to go grazing.
Goose info Error. ..the Geese in Canada fly south in the winter. ..they don't stay. ..possibly in mild Victoria British Columbia they could survive the winter but the fly south from there also
Thank you. I think I added the word "predominantly" in error. I meant that they do not all migrate south anymore and that lots of populations do remain throughout the winter.
We have those beautiful birds in the lake in nature reserve in Stanmore. ❤
The reason for me watching this video is.
We had two geese fly in to our work grounds visiting a pond that we have around the size of 50ft long by 30ft wide.
The pond contains carp. Ducks and other birds visit, but these two geese kept coming back, then they nested. The Ganda died ( not sure how ) he got placed in the bushes at work. The female has raised these four goslings on her own in a busy public place with cars and people during the working day.
The four have just started to look more like geese as opposed to being green in colour and have grown fast in the last ten days. Our manager has said we may have to get the RSPCA to remove them as without the father they won’t take off for 90 days, but they would at day 70 if the father was still around
It’s been great watching these geese develop and terrorise people by going after their shoe laces 😂. I will miss them once they go
Haha nice story! Did they ever come back, like the next year ? Or any others turn up ? Shame about the Gander . Probably a fox or someone's stupid dog : (
i love canadian geese ❤
i can't find an answer anywhere: who generally leads when they're swimming with the goslings? the male, female or no correlation?
I love the Canada geese. They seem quite docile. I have a video of a family with 1 gosling on my channel. Is it unusual to have 1?
Cats or rats have probably got to the others, or - more positively - perhaps they had more but they accidentally got adopted by another nearby goose family , I mean , the ones in this video had seventeen goslings swimming behind them!
Hey you got em.. we got em , let’s talk to Canada
Very interesting video about the geese.
I counted once 18 young .
Greetings Jacq
I counted 18 as well.
I own a beautiful CANADA X SWAN GOOSE HYBRID , 2 Canada goslings, 1 cackling. Absolutely LOVE Canada geese and their hybrids!! Very misunderstand creatures...
Thanks, I thought they migrated so I learnt something 👍. er, you forgot to mention they poop everywhere
Haha, I could say that for most of the bigger birds to be fair. Cheers.
Muito bom 😅😅
obrigado!
Nice one Liam
We have so many Canada Geese here, and they breed here too.
We watch both Canada Geese and Greylags with their goslings. The predaion here is heavy, we have Pike, Cormorants, Heron, Mink and even Otters predate the goslings. Plus we now have an expert pair of Carrion Crows who stalk the geese and goslings trying to separate them from their parents when theyre between lakes. They're absolute experts, we've seen take at least two the same day.
Thanks for sharing, great film as always 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks. I guess the reason they have so many offspring is to allow for some to get eaten. I've never seen corvids going for them.here but I have seen a few brave herring gulls having a go. One got a bit too cocky and took a real beating from the parent the summer before last.
@@AShotOfWildlife isn’t Nature brilliant. Who needs the Serengeti Liam, when we have so much going on over here 😃
@@NBNatureTrailvan exactly. That sort of reminds me of why I set this channel up in the first place. I was doing a school visit as part of my work at a wildlife rescue and asked the 90 children what their favourite animal was, only 1 of them had a british wild animal in mind with most saying elephants, tigers, penguins etc. And the reason for this is because they are the animals that are shown most on TV, those that are used as characters in cartoons and story books.
My idea was that if people actually knew about the wildlife around them then they would be more interested in it and more importantly, more interested in protecting it.
@@AShotOfWildlife brilliant mate. Absolutely right.
And you are succeeding Liam. 👏👏👏👍👍👍
This was fabulous but you forgot to mention Liam they also like their Tim Hortons double double and their Tim bits Eh? Sorry couldn’t resist it 😂😂😂
I love ❤️ 😍 💖 ❣️
Thank you!
They love North Carolina
I live in Wiltshire England and near where I live there are some smallish fishing ponds with islands in them a there have been pairs of Canada Geese on these ponds for several years and every year each pair would have six baby's not five or seven always six but for some reason over the past two or three years they only seem to have two or three chicks strange.
They're also known as Cobra Chickens here in Canada
Why do you call them that? Someone else called them that in comments further up but I didn't ask why cos I didn't want to sound stupid for asking what's probably an obvious answer that I just can't see
We got those in North Carolina
I'll stay to the end for you Liam
Thank you! Those extra ten seconds make a difference :)
Are the geese in England able to communicate with the geese in France if they were to come in contact, due to the different languages?
Honestly I have no idea. I doubt theirs would be that different to those here.
We did not know Canada Geese were so worldly...........=)😀
Im a brit living in Canada we see many many of these geese lol
Glad to hear they never cross paths with the French versions.
The honey badger of the bird world 😀
There are a bunch of them in the park a couple of miles where I live. I saw some today at an Aldi Parking Lot. I pay them no mind, they seem used to people.
Hi, I came here because a couple of Canada geese made a nest on our rooftop. We fear the goslings will not survive if they fall from the roof... no idea what to do
I recommend calling a wildlife professional to safely relocate them. Don’t try to do it yourself. These guys can get *very* aggressive, as not only do they currently see your roof as their turf, but also because they are extremely protective of their kids. They will attack you relentlessly if they think you’re a threat. Professionals know how to secure these guys without causing them harm. That’s what I recommend at least, hope things work out well.
Even the "pros" here in Canada could not capture the one we had in the field, too fast for the net😂
Did they used to migrate here to give bith?
I'm researching a large gaggle of Canadian geese in Kansas. Does anyone have/or know of good reference material I can read?
Went to a golf course once upon a time and the whole course was covered in this birds' faecal matter, the whole course was a minefield. Like it was unbelievable, we thought it would be bad weather to stop play and not a birds..
Do you know how to get rid of them they keep pooping on the yard but I like the mating season
That would be great 🎉
Hi Karen, unfortunately I do not have any suggestions for moving them along. There must be something in your yard that they like.
I have a goose friend we share food he eats from my hand n sits with me
Lovely. They can become quite tame and definitely recognise individual people.
@@AShotOfWildlife yh he lives with a bug group of about 50 they all moved away wen I get near apart from my friend he walks right up to ne the others look over like wat is he doing
If the geese are from Canada then how do they end up at the channel that recommended me to the site when that dude is from deep Louisiana? He has a video where there's a tracker on one goose but he also said how do they talk to each other because he calls them honking ducks because that's what his son says but it's interesting LOL good video I think his channel is
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Make a big mess at the lakes and golf courses here in south Michigan!!! Some courses have dogs trained to run them off, with some effect. Hunting seasons are long and generous for bag limits. Meat is dark and not very good, most make jerky with it.