Minnesota Seasons - Canada Goose


Canada Goose			More photos…
Branta canadensis

Status	Abundant
Habitat	Lakeshores, river banks, ponds, city parks
Size	25″ to 45″



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Sightings	Beaver Creek Valley State Park Black Dog Preserve Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNA Carver Park Reserve Chamberlain Woods SNA Clinton Falls Dwarf Trout Lily SNA Cottonwood River Prairie SNA Des Moines River Prairie SNA Dodge Nature Center Earley Lake Park Elm Creek Park Reserve Felton Prairie SNA Bicentennial Unit Fort Snelling State Park Frontenac State Park Gneiss Outcrops SNA Grey Cloud Dunes SNA Hastings SNA Kasota Prairie SNA Kilen Woods State Park Lake Elmo Park Reserve Lake Louise State Park Lake Maria State Park Lake Rebecca Park Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Lake Shetek State Park Long Meadow Lake Louisville Swamp		Maplewood State Park Mary Schmidt Crawford Woods SNA Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area Lawrence Unit Myre-Big Island State Park North Fork Zumbro Woods SNA Osmundson Prairie SNA Pine Bend Bluffs SNA Point Douglas Park Rieck’s Lake Park Sakatah Lake State Park Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Shetek WMA East Unit Upper Sioux Agency State Park Vermillion Highlands Western Prairie SNA William O’Brien State Park Wolsfeld Woods SNA Wood-Rill SNA Yellow Bank Hills SNA Zumbro Falls Woods SNA

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Photos by Tom Baker

Taxonomy	Order:	Anseriformes (ducks, geese, swans, and relatives)
	Family:	Anatidae (ducks, geese, and swans)

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