The Ducks Geese And Swans of North America a Vade Mecum for the Naturalist An
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Joachim are said to increase gradually to about 2, 000 before any birds of the year are to be found with them. Whether or not these early-arriving adults are all or nearly all of the one sex is not known. GREATER SNOW GOOSE 135 Later the birds often arrive in what appear to be family groups, which sometimes include two adults to the group, but often only one. After October 10, young birds form a majority of the assemblage. When the freeze-up causes the departure of these geese from St. Joachim ...in the autumn, they leave practically all together, generally by daylight, but sometimes at night" (White and Lewis, 1937). Of the feeding habits of the Greater Snow Geese while on their win- ter grounds, Howard (1940) says: "On land they feed in the marshes, rarely in the sounds, but when they do go to open water, it is usually to rest or to escape molestation. . . . Feeding is done usually early in the morning or late in the afternoon .... Also on bright moonlight nights. . . . The geese select a locality where, to quote the natives, the cord grass is 'belly deep on a cow/ Preferred spots seem to be where the grass is standing in a few inches of brackish or salt water.
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