Snow Goose

The snow goose is a familiar-looking goose with a mostly white body, though some individuals are dark instead. In both color forms, the black wing tips and pink bill and feet stand out well.

It is loud, social, and often moves in flocks outside the breeding season. Pairs stay together for life, and it is especially active in winter, when its calls carry easily.

It breeds north of the forest zone in Greenland, Canada, and northeastern Siberia, then winters farther south, mainly in the United States. It feeds on Arctic grasses and sedges, and also takes willow leaves and shoots, mosses, and lichens; in Europe it is only a rare visitor.