Canada Goose

For the past 3 days, we have started to notice a lot of new members of our park's population - specifically, Geese. Goslings have recently hatched and so far we have seen 3 families of geese in the Park.

The Canada goose is a summer and sometimes year round resident of Southern New Brunswick. It is the most common waterfowl species of North America. Despite often being regarded as a pest in parks and fields, they can be fairly docile.

They are often seen feeding on grass in open fields with their young because it provides them with more safety from predators. They feed on plants, berries and seeds for up to 12 hours a day. Geese mate for life and both parents raise the young. Gosling usually stay with their parents for a year.