Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Year-round in CharlotteCommon

The take

Every pond, every office park, every greenway lawn. Log it and move on.

How to ID it

  • Black head and neck with white cheeks and chinstrap
  • Big waterbird with a long neck, tan breast, and brown back
  • Grazes in fields and lawns, flying in V-formation flocks

Field marks at a glance

Size
huge
Head
black with white chinstrap
Call
honking, in chorus

Where & when

Year-round in Charlotte — best odds at freedom park.

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