One of these is not the same.





One snow goose in a large flock of Canada geese at a Conservation area near our house on Oct 23, 2020.
In Eastern Ontario they see them by the thousands.

Anser caerulescens
Food passes through the Snow Goose’s digestive tract in only an hour or two, generating 6 to 15 droppings per hour. The defecation rate is highest when a goose is grubbing for rhizomes, because such food is very high in fiber and the goose inevitably swallows mud.

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