n attacker withstrong blows from it's wings and using it's beak as a weapon (Breen). Humans arethe largest predator of the Canada Goose (Wormer). However due to strictmanagement of hunting of Canada Geese the population has not been decreased byhunting (Wormer). In 1995 Goose hunting season for North Game Bird Districtopened on September first and closed December ninth with a bag limit of ninedaily which not more than six may be dark geese and of these not more than fourmay be whitefronts (Wiens). In the South Game Bird District of Saskatchewan theseason for goose hunting opened on September eleventh and also closed onDecember ninth with a bag limit of eighteen of which not more than twelve may bedark geese and of these not more than six may be whitefronts (Wiens). Parasites are not responsible for to many adult goose deaths but they docause some (Wormer). Most of the damage parasites do is killing goslings two tothree days old (Wormer). Some internal parasites of Canada Geese include bothworm and blood parasites (Wormer). Externally the Canada Goose also hasvarious kinds of lice (Wormer). Some times a female Canada Goose will nest in a nest that has already beenmade by an eagle or hawk and may still be occupied (Wormer). If the nestcontains the eggs of the bird who built the nest the female Canada Goose willincubate the other birds eggs as well as her own (Wormer). This benefits bothbirds because it leaves the other bird more time to rest and eat and the CanadaGoose gets to use a nest (Wormer). Canada Geese frequently nest on top ofmuskrat houses because they are on open water where the eggs are safe from otherbirds and foxes, this does not disturb the muskrat in any way (Wormer). TheCanada Goose will also nest in an abandoned nest of a hawk, eagle or other largebird (Wormer). There have been cases reported of small songbirds seen riding onthe backs of Canada Geese on their migration route or hunters who have shot agoose and found a ...
