
doi: 10.2307/4081760
Records of Longevity in Canada Geese.-Two records of longevity in Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) were secured from banded birds killed during the 1955 waterfowl hunting season on the Swan Creek Wildlife Experiment Station eight miles northwest of Allegan, in southwestern Michigan. Both birds had been banded at the Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary, Kingsville, Ontario, Canada. The younger of these two birds was a male weighing 9 pounds, 1 ounce. It was shot on November 2 along with 133 other geese, 5 others of which also carried Jack Miner bands. The band on this bird read "JM CF 43 1st Pet 5:7." It was at least 12 years old when shot. The second bird, a male, was found dead in the refuge bordering the Highbanks shooting area during a routine mortality survey on November 10. Death was attributed to wounds received over the shooting area at an earlier date. No accurate weight could be secured. This old bird carried two bands: a well-worn band reading "32F, MARK 5:36" and another band reading "AS 44, MARK 5:36." A communication from Mr. Manly F. Miner stated that the older band was put on in the "fall of 1932" and the newer one "on April 3, 1944." This bird, then, was not less than 23 years old. We are unable to find in the literature a record of a wild Canada Goose older than "Mark 5:36." During the 1954 waterfowl season three other interesting age and weight records were secured at Swan Creek from Canada Geese carrying Jack Miner bands. On November 12 a male weighing 10 pounds, 10 ounces, carrying band "JM MF 39 Heb 10:24" was shot. This bird was at least 15 years old. On November 11 a male weighing 7 pounds, 2 ounces, carrying band "JM ES 41," was harvested when it was at least 13 years old. On November 7 a female at least 12 years old, carrying band "JM CF 42 He careth for you," was shot. This bird weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces. During the 1951 waterfowl season a goose carrying a Jack Miner band (33F), indicating that it was banded in 1933, was repcrted to have been harvested on the experiment station on October 31. Since the bird was not handled at the station headquarters, no sex or weight was obtained. This goose lived at least 18 years. CLAYTON H. DOUVILLE AND CHARLIM E. FRILEY, JR., Michigan Department of Conservation, Allegan, Michigan.
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