Photo: Marked Canada Goose Spotted In Prospect Park

Photo by Anne-Katrin Titze

Prospect Park's unofficial wildlife rehabilitator, and friend of waterfowl, Anne-Katrin Titze has sent over this photo. She tells us this new Canada goose arrived at the southern end Prospect Park Lake last Friday morning (joining 161 other Canada geese currently in the park, by her count). Good luck, H9Z4—you're going to need it (just like that girl next to you needs pants).

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By Jen Carlson in News on January 31, 2011 4:57 PM

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just saying

Actually those neck collars are put on geese by government researchers to study goose populations and/or to track migrating Canada geese (yes, there are a few that still migrate).

I believe that orange and blue collars like that one are widely used for Canada geese living in the Mississippi Flyway, with blue collars being used for the U.S. section and orange collars for the Canadian portion of the Flyway. So this particular goose was probably originally collared somewhere in or near Manitoba province in Canada.

Somewhere there's a government website where you can report this goose's number.

moocowstoo

no pants subway ride meets tagged goose, up next at gothamist!

nicemarmot

Yeah, my first thought upon seeing that picture wasn't "tagged goose." It was "why in the name of god is that chick not wearing pants?" A secondary question was "why are those people so close to that goose? Are they stupid?" And then I realized my second question also applied to the first one.