Canada Goose in flight. It’s primary feathers tattered most likely from repeatedly taking off on the ground or rocks instead of from water. This happens most of the time when they are startled by people or dogs or people with dogs and they make a hasty take off.
Taken near the Arrowhead Industrial Park Retention Pond in Kutztown, PA on Sunday morning 4-5-2009.
For more information on this species, visit the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology.
