photo courtesy of Steve Lau / Pics4Learning
ENEMIES
- eggs are eaten by raccoons, foxes, skunks, weasels, crows, gulls
- goslings are prey for larger birds (eagles, owls)
- wolves, foxes, coyotes and bald eagles can kill adult geese
- hunters shoot geese
PROTECTION
- have guard geese to warn the flock of dangers when grazing in fields
- attack by hissing and flapping wings, may bite
- try to chase enemy away
- pretend to have a broken wing to lure enemies away from goslings
- nests built on small islands provide better protection from some enemies
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