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.
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Bird songs copyright 1998 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 2010 by Brian Small and Robert Royse. All rights reserved.
