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Canada goose
noun
: the common wild goose (Branta canadensis) of North America that is chiefly gray and brownish with black head and neck and a white patch running from the sides of the head under the throat
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Lessons for the recovery of other species Other bird species that are now breeding in my area, but weren’t in 1970, include the Canada goose, turkey, trumpeter swan, great egret, bald eagle, osprey, peregrine falcon and raven.
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Tom Langen, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
More than 50 species, including the Canada goose and bald eagle, thrived with their newfound federal protections and were later delisted; another 56 species were downgraded from endangered to threatened.
—Christine Peterson, Wired News, 5 July 2025
However, an unusual sighting in Alaska in 2011, when a Canada goose was seen living with and behaving like a crane, suggests this kind of adoption may have happened even earlier.
—Anne Readel, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025
In addition, dozens of wild birds in the state were also reported, including a Canada goose.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
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Tom Langen, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
More than 50 species, including the Canada goose and bald eagle, thrived with their newfound federal protections and were later delisted; another 56 species were downgraded from endangered to threatened.
—Christine Peterson, Wired News, 5 July 2025
However, an unusual sighting in Alaska in 2011, when a Canada goose was seen living with and behaving like a crane, suggests this kind of adoption may have happened even earlier.
—Anne Readel, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025
In addition, dozens of wild birds in the state were also reported, including a Canada goose.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Canada goose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Canada%20goose. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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