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Branta canadensis
The original home of the Canada goose is North America. Since the seventeenth century, however, it has been raised in a semi-wild state in England and also in Sweden, where it was later let loose and went wild, thus giving rise to the European populations. British birds are resident, whereas birds nesting in southern Sweden depart in winter for the coasts of Germany and Holland, occurring at times as vagrants even in other European countries, though these may be escapes from zoos. In winter the Canada goose is found mostly by the coast. It breeds in coastal marshes as well as inland on pastures beside water and sometimes also in open woodlands with lakes and ponds. The nest is located on small islands or in swamps. The hollow is lined with dry leaves, grass and other vegetation and the eggs are covered with down. The five to six eggs are laid in early April and are incubated by the female alone for 28 to 29 days, while the male keeps careful watch close by. When the young are grown, families join to form flocks that roam the countryside. As a rule they forage for food on dry land, mostly in the early morning or at dusk. The diet consists of grass, grain, shoots, berries and seeds, occasionally also insects, their larvae, and molluscs.
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