Scientific name: Branta canadensis
The Canada Goose is most likely to be found on lake shores and coastal marshes. It gathers in large flocks after the breeding season and grazes in open fields. This bird likes to build its nest around the marshes. You can identify the bird by the black head and neck and broad white cheeks. It eats plants such as eel grass. It finds its food by sight and by smell. The bird's call is like a honking, cackling call. Another interesting facts is that it migrates by day and night. There are ten sub-species.
Source:
Mathews, Daniel. Cascade-Olympic Natural History. Raven Editions,
1988.