Summer distribution and abundance of Canada Goose using data from the North American Breeding Bird Surveys 1994-2003

There are three living genera of true geese: Anser, grey geese, including the domesticated goose and the Swan Goose ; Chen, white geese ( often included in Anser ); and Branta, black geese, such as the Canada goose.

* Canada – Beaver, Canadian Horse ( both official ); commonly upheld as symbols, though unofficial: Canada Lynx, Grizzly Bear, Loon, Canadian Goose, Cougar, Polar Bear, Grey Wolf, Orca Whale

Amongst the waterfowl: Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, Great Crested Grebe, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Egyptian Goose.

Watson is known as " The Goose Capitol of the USA " due to the large number of Canada geese which migrate through and inhabit nearby Lac Qui Parle every fall.

* Canada Goose

The first of these was Goose Creek, named for the bayou of the same name where Canada Geese wintered and whose name is still reflected in the area's Goose Creek CISD, whose establishment dates back to before 1850.

Several species of waterbirds, including Mallard, Moorhen and the Canada Goose have been seen on and around the pond.

Local wildlife include moose, white-tailed Deer, American Black Bear, beaver, loon, muskrat, otter, Canada Goose, and lynx, to name but a few.

Two other restricted-range races occur in northern North America: A. a. gambeli in interior northwest Canada, and wintering on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, slightly larger than the nominate form, and Tule Goose, A. a. elgasi, in southwest Alaska, largest and longest-billed of all, wintering in California.

The smaller subspecies, the Lesser Snow Goose ( C. c. caerulescens ), lives from central northern Canada to the Bering Straits area.

The larger subspecies, the Greater Snow Goose ( C. c. atlanticus ), nests in northeastern Canada.

Rare hybrids with the Greater White-fronted Goose, Canada Goose, and Cackling Goose have been observed.

# REDIRECT Canada Goose

# REDIRECT Canada Goose

# REDIRECT Canada Goose

* Canada Goose ; non-migratory birds of this species are now widely regarded as pests in the United States ( see Canada Goose # Relationship with humans ).

* Baby Goose, a little gosling who got lost in a storm and Kipper raised it.