Common Name: Canada Goose
Scientific Name: Branta canadensis
Size: Both sexes measure about 36 inches, weigh about 15 pounds, and have a wingspan or 4 to 6 feet
Diet: Wild food plants include pondweed, bulrush, sedge, cattail, horsetail, and clover. They also eat some insects, snails, and tadpoles. Geese are particularly attracted to mowed lawns around homes, golf courses, parks, and similar areas next to open water.
Average Lifespan: They can live more than 20 years in urban areas but in the wild they have a much shorter lifespan due to predation. Predators include coyotes, raccoons, skunks, bobcats, and foxes, gulls, eagles, crows, ravens, and magpies.