Scientific Name: Chen caerulescens

Residency: Spends winters in the Southwestern corner of Arizona.

Diet: A variety of plants: aquatic, grasses, and grains. Also digs up the roots and tubers of aquatic plants.

Predators: Herring and Caribou are egg predators. Bald Eagles and Coyotes prey upon adults.

Nesting: Made of grasses and down; built near water. Eggs: 2-6 per clutch, creamy white to dirty gray, 1 brood per year.

Nesting Records:

Notes: Parents will defend nest by spreading wings open over goslings in the face of a predator. Usually they will abandon the nest upon loss of 1 or 2 eggs.

Photo: Taken at Scottsdale Community College on January 10, 2007. For more photos, click on camera icon.

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