LEARN TO KNOW YOUR GEESE

”All barnacle geese look pretty much alike – at the first glimpse.” //
”But when you bother to observe them for a moment, you’ll see that you can identify individuals.” //
All barnacle geese have unique white face pattern, and also the size and shape of the black area between beak and eye varies between individuals. //
For example, if you wanted to study these geese you could easily identify different individuals! //
”At first it may also seem that males and females look exactly the same. But especially if they move in pairs you can quickly learn to tell the difference between the male and the female, and an experienced observer can tell the sex of even a single goose quite easily.”

Males are on average larger than females. A large female and a small male can be the same size but usually male is bigger. //
A female’s abdomen is rounder than male’s, especially before laying eggs. //
Males tend to walk more up straight, and females walk in a more ”waddly” way. //
When in comes to the white face mask, males tend to have sharper and cleaner line between black and white. Females often have brown-ish hue in their white face mask. //
”During breeding time it is easy to tell a male and a female apert. The female incubates the eggs and the male guard the nest, and that’s it!”