Canada goose

The Canada goose (Branta canadensis) is a large wild goose species with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. Native to Canada and the United States, its migration occasionally reaches Mexico and northern Europe. It has been introduced to the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands. Like most geese, the Canada goose is primarily herbivorous and normally migratory; it tends to be found on or close to fresh water.

Extremely successful at living in human-altered areas, Canada geese are often considered a pest species because of their depredation of crops and issues with their noise, droppings, aggressive territorial behavior, and habit of begging for food (caused by human hand feeding), especially in their introduced range. Canada geese are also among the most commonly hunted waterfowl in North America.

Canada goose in Atlantis
The Canada goose, native to northern Terranova, was a migratory bird of relatively small size. This basic description would seem far removed from that of the giant, flightless honker of Atlantis, yet there were curious commonalities between the two species in the feather patterns, face structure, and the shapes of their webbed feet. John James Audubon wrote extensively of this puzzling fact in his studies of honkers.