a Canada Goose feeding on water plants
FINDING FOOD (FEEDING HABITS)
- bills are sensitive, used to "feel around" underwater for food
- tooth-like spikes around the edges of the bills serve as strainers
- graze (walk about on a grassy area or a field) or swim and dip under water
for water plants (leaving tail and back end up and out of the water)
- spend more than 12 hours a day eating
- usually feed early in the morning or late in the afternoon
WHAT DO CANADA GEESE EAT?
- on land - grasses, marsh grass, berries, seeds
- in water - pond plants, tubers, roots, algae
- also feed on crops like
clover, alfalfa, wheat, rye, corn, barley, oats and grain left
in farmers' fields after the harvest
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