food, predators and shelter:
Long-lead Pondweed Raccoon Common Cattail
Tussock Sedge Red Fox Tussock Sedge
Red Clover Virginia Opossum Pickerelweed
Common Cattail Common Snapping Common Reed
Common Duckweed Coyotes Switchgrass
Yellow Lilly Pond Mink Black Willow
Pickerelweed Domestic/Feral Dogs American Hornbeam
Smooth Crabgrass Seagulls, Ravens, Lizard’s Tail
The size of mature birds makes them prey to raccoons, red fox, opossum and snapping turtles, while the other predators on the list largely confine themselves to goslings or eggs. As we can see from their food preferences, Canadian geese are primarily grazers that enjoy foraging on new shoots and stems of grasses, clover, watercress and other aquatic plants. Still, Canadian geese also dine o
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