Canada Goose Gallery

Black & White

Though the most common race of Canada goose is so prevalent that it has become a nuisance in some areas, I love the formal black and white beauty of the goose's face. I even like the small flock that hangs around the fields and streams near work, despite the mess they make of the sidewalks, as they provide a daily reminder of the common beauty that can be found outside my cubicle walls.

This particular goose was hanging out at Portland's Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden.

Canada goose gosling hidden in the grass at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

Harbinger of Spring

The sight of the year's first goslings is a sure sign that spring has arrived. This lone gosling was the only offspring of a pair of geese at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. I don't know if the others hadn't hatched or if they had died in one way or another, but its parents kept a watchful eye on it and it swam tucked in close between the two of them when they moved about on the water. Here, they let it browse in the grass not long after sunrise.

Canada geese flying in formation at William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge

Canada geeese flying in their famous V formation at William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge.

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