Sounds of the Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Shortcut: A-hink-a-honk-a-hink-a-honk as migrating flocks fly overhead
Song: See call, below.
Call: Most often heard is a musical honking as migrating flocks fly overhead. The male's call is a low a-honk, the female's a higher hink or a-hink. A pair may alternate their honks so closely that it sounds like a single bird: a-hink-a-honk-a-hink-a-honk. Other sounds include aggressive barks and hisses. Young make wavering whistles.
Bird songs copyright 2011 by Lang Elliott. Song descriptions adapted from the book Common Birds and Their Songs (Lang Elliott, 1998: Houghton Mifflin Company) and other material by Lang Elliott. Contact: Nature Sound Studio. Photographs copyright 2011 by Brian Small and Robert Royse. All rights reserved.
