North Louisiana Wildlife
Did you know that snow geese produce 6-15 droppings an hour?

Snow Geese
at
a Glance

Blue and white morph snow geese migrating through the sky

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.
Blue and white morph snow geese migrating through a deep blue sky
Snow geese are often confused with Ross’s geese because they have the same shape.

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