Snow Geese Images, Facts and Information:
Anser caerulescens
- Snow Geese are medium sized geese with hefty, pink bills that have “grin patches”, they come in white and dark morphs. White morphs are pure white with black wing tips, dark morphs; also known as “Blue Geese”, have white faces, dark brown bodies and have white under their tails.
- Snow Geese are migratory.
- Snow Geese breed in areas of tundra in the arctic regions of North America and Siberia. They winter in areas that include salt marshes, freshwater marshes, coastal bays and grain fields from the Pacific coast across to the Atlantic coast as well as the Gulf coast from Texas to Mississippi.
- Snow Geese eat seeds, leaves, stems, rushes, rhizomes, grains, grasses, wild rice, wild millet, berries and aquatic plants.
- Snow Geese lay 3 to 5 eggs which hatch in 23 to 25 days. The female incubates and they are monogamous, colonial nesters.
- A group of geese can be called a “string”, “plump”, “knot”, “chevron”, “gaggle” or “blizzard” of geese.
- The oldest Snow Goose on record was 27 years old.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Snow Geese photos.
Snow Geese on the wing at Sequoyah NWR
Title: Snow Geese on the wing at Sequoyah NWR
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 11/28/2024
Flock of Snow Geese blasting off at Sequoyah NWR
Title: Flock of Snow Geese blasting off at Sequoyah NWR
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 11/28/2024
Blizzard of Snow Geese taking off at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Title: Blizzard of Snow Geese taking off at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 11/28/2024
Small gaggle of Snow Geese in a field
Title: Small gaggle of Snow Geese in a field
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 11/26/2024
Immature white morph Snow Geese in the front
Title: Immature white morph Snow Geese in the front
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 11/26/2024
Eight Snow Geese flying over Sequoyah NWR
Title: Eight Snow Geese flying over Sequoyah NWR
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 11/26/2024
One dark morph and three white morph Snow Geese in flight
Title: One dark morph and three white morph Snow Geese in flight
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 11/26/2024
Seven Snow Geese in flight over Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Title: Seven Snow Geese in flight over Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 11/26/2024
Flock of Snow Geese flying over Sequoyah NWR
Title: Flock of Snow Geese flying over Sequoyah NWR
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 11/26/2024
Snow Goose flock in early morning at Sequoyah NWR
Title: Snow Goose flock in early morning at Sequoyah NWR
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 11/26/2024
Flock of Snow Geese in a field
Title: Flock of Snow Geese in a field
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 11/26/2024
Urban Snow Goose in Salt Lake County
Title: Urban Snow Goose in Salt Lake County
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/5/2023
Immature Snow Goose up close
Title: Immature Snow Goose up close
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/28/2022
Immature Snow Goose at Bear River MBR
Title: Immature Snow Goose at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/28/2022
Side lit immature Snow Goose
Title: Side lit immature Snow Goose
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/28/2022
Immature Snow Goose flying by
Title: Immature Snow Goose flying by
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/10/2018
Lone immature Snow Goose on a pond
Title: Lone immature Snow Goose on a pond
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/10/2018
Immature Snow Goose giving me the “eye”
Title: Immature Snow Goose giving me the “eye”
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/10/2018
Preening immature Snow Goose
Title: Preening immature Snow Goose
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/10/2018
Immature Snow Goose in Salt Lake County
Title: Immature Snow Goose in Salt Lake County
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/10/2018