Ross's Goose
Taken at Caerlaverock on 19th Oct 2011 using Nikon D40X with Nikon 300 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Ross's Goose.
Species :
Order:
Family:
Local names: 		Chen rossii.
Anseriformes.
Anatidae.
Scabby-Nosed Wavey
Site Of Nest:
Food:
Feature:



Plumage:
Length:
Wingspan:
Eggs:
A scrape in the ground lined with plant material and down feathers.
Entirely vegetarian; grasses, sedges, legumes, and domestic grains.
This species is named in honor of Bernard R. Ross, a Hudson's Bay Company factor at Fort Resolution in Canada's Northwest Territories.
( b. 1827 - d. 1874 ) The vast majority of these Geese nest in the
Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary.
All white except for black wing tips.
57–64 cm
114 cm
2 - 6 white eggs stained during incubation.
Voice: