Habitat
Breeds in low tundra vegetation along the shorelines of major rivers and small braided streams, shorelines of small tundra ponds, and on islands in tundra ponds and lakes of the Y-K Delta (Mowbray et al. 2002). Restricted to inland areas beyond the influence of tides, populations extends inland up to the North Slope (Johnson et al. 1979, Jarvis and Bromley 1998).
References
Jarvis, R. L. and R. G. Bromley. 1998. Managing racially mixed flocks of Canada Geese. Pp. 413-423 In: Biology and Management of Canada Geese (D. H. Rusch, M. D. Samuel, D. D. Humburg, and B. D. Sullivan, eds.). Proc. Int. Canada Goose Symp., Milwaukee, WI.
Johnson, D. H., D. E. Timm, and P. F. Springer. 1979. Morphological characteristics of Canada Geese in the Pacific Flyway. Pp. 56-80 In: Management and biology of Pacific Flyway geese (R. L. Jarvis and J. C. Bartonek, eds.). Oregon State Univ. Bookstores, Corvallis.
Mowbray, T. B., C. R. Ely, J. S. Sedinger, and R. E. Trost. 2002. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis). In The Birds of North America, Vol. 18, No. 682 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, D.C.: The American Ornithologists’ Union.
