Did you know that snow geese produce 6-15 droppings an hour?
Snow Geese
at
a Glance
Key Features:
Snow geese are white with black wingtips and pink beaks and legs. Blue morphs have dark bodies with white heads.
Least Concern - Population Increasing
Habitat:
Fields, grasslands, and marshes
nesting habits:
Snow geese build nests on the ground out of birch, down, eelgrass, leaves, sea-lime grass, seaweed, twigs, and willow.
seasons snow geese are active in our area:
Winter
Diet:
Grasses, horsetails, rushes, sedges, shrubs, and willows
hunting Behavior:
Snow geese forage on the ground.
Commonly Confused With:
Canada Geese and Ross's Geese
Snow geese are often confused with adult male blue morph Canada geese because they have similar colors.
Snow geese are often confused with Ross’s geese because they have the same shape.