The lives of Geese

In Germany, Austria and Switzerland today for thousands of farmers worry about lead that flock of geese can be a carefree life - day after day, year after year.

The species richness of the sea geese

Sea geese belong next to the field to the true geese geese from the family of ducks. Their genus includes six species:. The Hawaiian goose, Canada goose, Red-chested goose, barnacle goose, brent goose Canada goose and the Dwarf The Hawaiian goose, lives exclusively in Hawaii. Since it is a migratory bird, she leaves her living room, the lava fields of the island, never.

The Canada goose is despite its name not only in North America, but also populated England and Scandinavia. In temperate zones, they remain throughout the year in the same place. It is colder in the winter, she moved to the south in more moderate areas. The habitat of the Red-chested Geese goes on Northern Europe to Siberia. In the cold season, they fly to their Überwinterunsgebiete one Southern and Central and Southwest Asia. Barnacle geese were initially tend to be found in Northern Europe and Greenland. In recent years, but their habitat is expanded to Central Europe and Russia. In living animals migrate in the winter Greenland to Iceland and North America. The Brent Goose prefers to live in salty waters. Its main distribution area lies in northern Canada, Greenland, Siberia and northern Scandinavia. For winter, it draws on the coasts of the United States, Central and Northern Europe and in the Chinese and Japanese coasts. Dwarf Canada geese are primarily located in Canada and parts of East Asia.

Their wintering areas are in China and the southern U.S. states and Central America. geese prefer sea grasses and seeds as food. The young animals eingier species eat small insects that eat the chicks while the dwarf Canada goose even small mollusks and crustaceans. In addition to mosses are also herbs and berries on the menu. The Canada goose has a distinctive white throat patch. The plumage is mainly brown or light brown. You can have a weight of 5.5 kg and reach a wingspan of 1.75 meters. The Canada goose is dwarf with a body length of 60cm significantly smaller. Your maximum wingspan of just over one meter. Your maximum weight is 1.2 kg. It is similar to how the barnacle and brent geese of the Canada goose. However, as the latter are smaller dwarf Canada goose, the barnacle goose, with its wingspan of 1.4 m, the largest of the three species. They can weigh up to 2kg.

The Red-chested goose is smaller than the dwarf Canada goose. Your chest and neck are colored in contrast to the other sea ducks red-brown. The endangered Hawaiian goose has up to 30 years, the greatest life expectancy of six species of sea goose.