Minnesota 2 » Nov 21, 2009
"Now it's kind of dwindled down to migration days. But there's always hope."For the Duck Trek hunt, Eickhoff deployed a mix of five dozen full-body and silhouette Canada goose decoys on the knoll. He set out five additional full-body Canadas on a fake muskrat hut that he built for added realism. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
October frost Oct 14, 2009
A solitary Canada goose huddles at the shore as frost blankets the manicured field; protected from the morning sun by a large willow tree still clinging to its foliage. Article Rating. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
With once-exotic Canada geese, familiarity can breed contempt Oct 9, 2009
Branta canadensis Canada goose ... Among the largest of Illinois waterfowl, the Canada goose can weigh up to 24 pounds and can be identified by its black head and long, black neck with a distinctive white chin strap ... There are seven subspecies of Canada geese, but only the largest one, the giant Canada goose (Branta canadensis maxima) is known to breed in Illinois. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Its time to administer CPR to CRP Oct 6, 2009
There is some decent Canada goose hunting to be had but the duck situation is dismal. PHEASANTS. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Are there more geese in Wisconsin than there used to be? Sep 15, 2009
A successful effort by fans of the giant Canada goose (the species most often settling in Wisconsin year-round) to push back the hunting calendar turned shotguns on the migrating geese when they are far more active over Wisconsin than their local brethren. An abundance of food has worked for the local geese, too. (Why Files)
HINGHAM POLICE/FIRE LOG: Aug. 24-Sept. 6, 2009 Sep 12, 2009
Canada goose harassing resident. 4:02 p.m. Emerald St., animal control Dog running loose in area. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Long-awaited opener for hunters Saturday Sep 3, 2009
The Canada goose season, which opened on Tuesday, will end Sept. 15. UPCOMING. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Outdoors Notebook: Final crossbow vote in hands of new board Aug 30, 2009
In an effort to reduce the Canada goose populations at Pennsylvania's 117 state parks, hunters will be welcomed at many parks when the early resident goose season opens Tuesday. But some parks will remain closed to hunting, and others will open until later in September. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Outdoors profile Aug 27, 2009
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis). North Carolina's first fall hunting season for this waterfowl with wide distribution across North America opens on Tuesday. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Hunting season starts with Canadas Tuesday Aug 27, 2009
Mississippi's long hunting season starts Tuesday with the opening of the 15-day early Canada goose season ... The early Canada goose season will start Tuesday in most areas of the state. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Dove season beckons hunters Aug 27, 2009
5) comes after Canada Goose season opens Tuesday. North Carolina hunters are a lucky lot when it comes to doves. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Duck stamps are hard to find Aug 23, 2009
Our first two seasons open Sept. 1, when dove season opens along with our resident Canada goose season. Not much has changed with these seasons but remember Septembers goose season opens each day one half hour before sunrise and ends one half hour after sunset. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
2009-2010 Waterfowl Seasons and Bag Limits Aug 23, 2009
Early Resident Canada Goose Season: (Statewide) Sept. 1-25 8 daily, 16 in possession, with the following exceptions: In the South James Bay Population zone the daily limit is 3, possession limit 6 ... Resident Canada Goose Zone: All of Pennsylvania except for the Southern James Bay Population and the Atlantic Population zone ... Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area: The controlled hunting areas in Lebanon and Lancaster counties, as well as all of State Game Land 46 (Middle Creek Wildlife... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Happy 50th birthday, Hawaii Aug 23, 2009
Back story: A distant relative of the Canada goose, Hawaii's Branta sandvicensis was found on nearly all the main islands when the first Polynesians arrived some 1,600 years ago. It's thought the birds' feet evolved to have less webbing to clamber over lava rocks. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Late migratory bird seasons set by Commission Aug 22, 2009
The statewide Canada goose season will be Sept. 1-15 (bag limit five) and Jan. 10-Feb ... Northwest Canada goose zone season will be Sept. 26-Oct ... The statewide Canada goose season will be Sept. 1-15 with a bag limit of five geese and Dec. 26-Jan. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Duck season set for Mississippi Aug 20, 2009
Canada goose season, Sept. 1-15. Opening day dove season, both zones, Sept. 5. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Bird sightings Aug 12, 2009
The full list of species seen on South Beach this week includes: Canada goose, American black duck, mallard, common eider, surf scoter, white-winged scoter, black scoter, double-crested cormorant, great blue heron, great egret, snowy egret, black-crowned night-heron, osprey, Northern harrier, black-bellied plover, semipalmated plover, piping plover, killdeer, American oystercatcher, spotted sandpiper, greater yellowlegs, eastern and western willet, lesser yellowlegs, whimbrel, Hudsonian godwit,... (Boston Globe)
Flinging arrows at Snowbird in Utah Aug 11, 2009
-The early Canada goose season opens on Saturday, Aug. 15. Copyright. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Early Canada goose seasons, bag limits Aug 2, 2009
Early Canada goose season runs Sept. 1-15 statewide ... The controlled hunting areas at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Lebanon and Lancaster counties, and in State Game Land 46, are closed to September goose hunting as part of a U.S.-Canadian effort to reverse a decline in the resident Canada goose population ... That day, youth waterfowlers can harvest ducks, mergansers, coots and moorhens, and because the Youth Waterfowl Day and the early Canada goose season overlap, youth and... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
From the Field Jul 30, 2009
Canada goose: Sept. 1-30 (statewide); daily 15, possession 30. September teal season (green-winged, blue-winged, cinnamon: Sept. 12-30 (east of U.S. 17 only); daily four, possession eight. (News & Observer -- Sports)
July 23 Police log Jul 24, 2009
4:37 p.m. a cell phone caller reported hitting a Canada goose on Great and Beaver Brook roads. July 15 1:16 a.m. police restored the peace after an argument on Fletcher Lane. (Littleton Independent, MA)
Valley reports of West Nile virus rise Jul 24, 2009
Dove and Early Canada Goose Seasons to Begin Sept. 1; Game Commission Posts Avian Influenza Information on Website. Hunters will see similar dove and early Canada goose seasons and bag limits, both of which open Sept. 1, as part of Pennsylvania's 2009-10 migratory bird seasons announced today by Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe. (Fresno Bee)
‘Wild animal' artists earn awards at Carthage library Jul 23, 2009
In the Young Adult category for ages 11 and up, David Noble's drawing of a Canada goose was named the Most Realistic and the Most Artistic ... The Best Drawing was David Noble's Canada goose. (Carthage (Hancock County) Journal Pilot, IL)
New hunting laws on the table Jul 19, 2009
The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced the early Canada goose and dove seasons. Both may be hunted beginning Sept. 1 similar to other years. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Sports Spasms Jul 13, 2009
The expanded dove season opportunities were approved by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission at its July meeting, along with regulations for September resident Canada goose, September teal, rail, gallinule, woodcock and common snipe seasons ... This year's special September resident Canada goose season will run Sept. 12 through 21, statewide, with a daily limit of five. (Alva Review Courier, OK)
800 Geese Near NYC Airports Euthanized Jun 20, 2009
A Canada Goose, shown flying in Wisconsin in 2008. (AP). (CBS News)
Property Transfers, 6-14-09 Jun 16, 2009
3711 Canada Goose Crossing $326,100. 2904 Ashland Ave. $166,200. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Lawsuits over wolf hunting filed in Mont., Wyo. Jun 4, 2009
Canada goose goose, duck, pheasant d bird, coyote and varmint. High plains wingshooters. (Yahoo News)
Calling Father Goose Jun 3, 2009
The wildlife rehabilitators will take advantage of a poisoned Canada goose, brought in recently, persuading him to adopt four orphaned goslings found running loose in Brewster. The gander was observed chomping on rose fertilizer pellets in Chatham. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Just when you think you've seen it all on Cape Cod ... May 31, 2009
In 2007, a Crowell pintail duck and Canada goose sold for more than $1 million apiece. The exhibit includes a replica of the workshop where he and his son Cleon created their folk art, and some of their paper patterns, source materials, and tools. (Boston Globe)
Letter: Alewife is a gem. Keep it that way May 21, 2009
Bill and birders also saw a destroyed Canada goose nest of remaining eggshells. The ecological connection between the nest and den sightings is alone sufficient reason to preserve the forest, benefiting Cambridge, Belmont and Arlington. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
May Bird Count May 21, 2009
Including a host of common local sightings like Canada goose, house finch and barn swallow, our list has swelled to over 30 species in less than an hour. The Wisconsin Society of Ornithology lists 42 birds on its Wisconsin field check list. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Have you seen them Members of Hoy Nature Club identified ... May 21, 2009
Have you seen them Members of Hoy Nature Club identified. Thursday, November 1, 2007 2:12 PM CDT. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Walk-In-Area and COOP area Sign up now underway with GFP May 14, 2009
This program will also help any area landowner with Canada Goose problems, reduce the flock on their property. Feel free to call me at 448-5500 for more information on any of these programs. (Marshall County Journal, SD)
Ferry Workers All Shook Up When Goose 'Elvis' Shot May 10, 2009
Pretty much everyone agreed that the troublesome Canada goose that had adopted the Anacortes state ferry terminal as a home had to go. But when U.S. Department of Agriculture agents shot the bird to death, then packed it in a plastic bag, ferry workers cried foul. (KIRO TV, WA)
Goose bill advances to Oregon House floor May 8, 2009
A wide-scale kill off, for example, is off limits because the cackling Canada goose is protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. The bill passed Thursday now moves to the House floor. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Letter: Bird watchers sight coyote May 5, 2009
We had just passed three Canada goose nests, destroyed on Little River by some predator. There were empty shells and lots of feathers on the ground. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Goose shot with arrow rushed to animal hospital May 2, 2009
When rescuers saw that the victim had been shot in the neck with a foot-long arrow, they knew they had to act fast, so they used a net gun to fish the male Canada goose out of Lake Holbrook and quickly took him to the Abington Animal Hospital, said Lt. Alan Borgal of the Animal Rescue League of Boston s law enforcement department. Borgal said he did not know who shot the goose. (Holbrook Sun, MA)
Sights from a late-April Audubon bird walk May 2, 2009
Something, or several somethings, had wiped out a Canada goose, perhaps with a bit of a struggle, and eventually dismembered it and carried off chunks of carcass, leaving no bones. Eagles frequently prey on ducks and seem to be the most likely "perps" in this case. (Juneau Empire)
N.Y., Sacramento airports lead in bird strikes Apr 28, 2009
after it struck a Canada goose during a night training flight. The plane's left engine had been damaged by a bird strike the day before and was repaired the day of the fatal crash. (MSNBC -- Travel)
At state DNR springhearings, opinions count Apr 16, 2009
Voters strongly supported a proposal to open the entire state to the early Canada goose hunting season. The population of Giant Canada geese in Wisconsin continues to grow about 10 percent each year, according to the DNR, and the early season (which runs from Sept. 1 to 15, excluding Labor Day weekend) can help control the resident flock without impacting the less abundant and more fragile Mississippi Valley Population of Canada geese. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Critters, not cars, usher in ferry season Apr 16, 2009
A pair of osprey worked to complete their nest, a beaver swam amid nearby snags and a Canada goose honked its way up the Willamette River a few feet off the water s surface. I could probably make some money selling wildlife videos if I had a camera with me, veteran ferry operator Darren Jones said. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Wetland warriors Apr 12, 2009
A Canada goose nests nearby. The cranes, pelicans, ringnecks and scaups aren t far away. (Helena Independent Record)
Maynard police logs Apr 10, 2009
8 a.m., a caller on Brown Street reported a dead Canada goose in the road. Police notified the Department of Public Works. (Beacon Villager, MA)
He’s got his geese in a row Apr 2, 2009
It not only makes duck, snow goose, Canada goose and specklebelly goose decoys for North American hunters. It also ships its custom-made Sillosocks to hunters around the world from pigeon hunters in England to pink footed goose hunters in Iceland. (Helena Independent Record)
STOP THE NEW LA GUARDIA 'BIRD MAGNET' Mar 10, 2009
A flock of gulls - or just one bird the size of a great blue or white heron, a large duck, a brandt or even one Canada goose - is sufficient to cause disaster. Why are the PA and the myriad agencies involved, including the Federal Aviation Administration, allowing the city to use this site for the transfer station, when plenty of safer sites, closer to where the garbage needs to go, are available. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Taking in the beauty of spring bird migrations Mar 7, 2009
He notes some waterfowl - particularly Aleutian geese, a Canada goose subspecies - already are actively migrating. Between late January and mid-April, thousands of Aleutian geese forage in the pastures and refuge lands near Eureka and Arcata in Humboldt County, a major way stop in their migration from their wintering area in the Central Valley and Sacramento/San Joaquin River Delta to their brood grounds in the Aleutian Island chain. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Oregon Recreation Report Mar 4, 2009
SOUTH COAST ZONE GOOSE: Western Canada goose populations in Coos County, including that portion that is open for hunting in the late season, are high ... Other species that can use other types of nesting boxes and nesting structures are wood duck, Canada goose, purple martin, robin, flicker, downy woodpecker, screech and barn owl and sparrow hawk. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Racine's lakefront draws birds Mar 3, 2009
Johnson said there are two geese populations that officials are dealing with: Interior Canada geese, which is the group that actually migrates to Canada, and the Giant Canada goose, which stays primarily in the area all year. The biggest thing we're doing is providing them with an ideal habitat," Johnson said. Factors that have led to increases in geese include manicured lawns that make it easier for geese to see potential predators, migration in areas where hunting is not allowed, fewer... (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Birders learn to look and listen Mar 1, 2009
The club sat in the visitor center where they were able to see stuffed birds Adult Bald Eagle, Canada Goose, Common Goldeneye and a Red-Tailed Hawk. The Montezuma Wildlife Refuge has a rich bird history. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
UW-Parkside Dean's List Feb 27, 2009
Melissa S. Dingfelder, 3039 Hickory Grove Ave.; Gregory S. Dresen, 2523 Pinehurst Ave.; Kelly A. Droysen, 1219 Layard Ave.; Lance L. Evans, 4300 Myrtle Court; Kristi L. Forbes, 5939 Margery Drive; Mary G. Gangl, 4614 Knollwood Drive; Eric Gasmen, 4214 Spring St.; Donald J. Gavin, 9425 Hulda Drive, Sturtevant; Ryan D. Gill, 3421 Wright Ave.; Liesl Glas, 21410 15th St., Union Grove; Timothy S. Goodman, 6728 Fox River Road, Burlington; Scott C. Haag, 4814 Lazywood Court; Brian E. Heggeland, 2035... (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Helping wildlife Feb 25, 2009
POCATELLO -- Sixth-graders Cotee White and Kyle Peck filled five Canada goose nesting boxes at Lundberg Pond with straw bedding Saturday morning. The pair helped local wildlife volunteer Steve Leaman, who built the platform structures a few years ago with assistance from a Boy Scout troop to protect the birds' eggs from predators. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Investigators eye standards for bird collisions Feb 25, 2009
WASHINGTON -- A key question emerging from the investigation of the US Airways plane that ditched into New York's Hudson River last month is whether jet engines should be required to withstand a collision with a bird the size of a Canada goose ... The engines on the Airbus A320 involved in the accident are required by the Federal Aviation Administration to be able to withstand the impact of a 4-pound bird, smaller than a typical Canada goose, without bursting into flames or spewing shrapnel ...... (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Program works to eliminate wildlife-plane collisions Feb 17, 2009
"The WS program started training personnel, conducting research and applying techniques at airports. Its mission is to determine which species are causing problems and offer remedies to eliminate those risks.Begier's report from 2004 to mark the 15th year of the program noted that non-migrating Canada goose populations in North American increased 9 percent each year from 1970-2002 to more than 3.5 million. And most of the 36 North American bird species larger than 4 pounds also increased in... (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Canada Goose Remains Found in Both Engines of `Miracle on Hudson' Airplane Feb 13, 2009
Updated: New York, Feb 13 03:38 London, Feb 13 08:38 Tokyo, Feb 13 17:38. Goose Remains Found in Ditched US Airways Jet Engines (Update2). (Bloomberg -- Canada)
