FUN FACTS ABOUT GEESE

1. The Canada goose is one of the most well-known birds in North America.
2. Its real name is “Branta canadensis”, the Latin name for a Canada goose. It is not a Canadian goose, as people like to call them. Ha-ha! It’s true!
3. Canada geese have a loud “HONK”.
4. They eat grasses, grains and berries.
5. Canada geese usually migrate: this means they fly north for the warm summers . . . to Canada or the northern United States, but when it starts getting cold in the fall and winter will arrive, the geese fly south to the southern United states and Mexico where it will be warm.
6. Canada geese form impressive and aerodynamic “V” formations as they fly. They can cover 1,500 miles in just 24 hours! Yikes! That’s with a good wind behind them, but they often take a little longer to get to their destination.
7. A female and a male stay together for life.
8. The female usually lays about 5-7 eggs, but sometimes up to 13 eggs around end of March. That’s a lot of eggs!
9. The young birds remain “hidden” under the female goose until ALL the baby geese are dry (about 24 hours). When the goslings are just 24 hours old, the parents will take them down to the water to swim!
10. The tiny goslings (baby geese) can eat on their own, and do not depend on their parents to feed them. They do depend on their parents for protection from the cold, rain and predators.
11. The young geese grow quickly and can fly at the age of 8 to 10 weeks!

Brenda Carlsen grew up in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and played along the shores of Wascana Lake, where hundreds of geese called their home during the summer. Who has never looked up in the sky when they hear that familiar “HONK” of geese flying overhead?

I live in the Pacific Northwest now overlooking beautiful blue water.

I have been a member of SCBWI ( Society of Book Writer’s and Illustrators) since 2015, and have attended awesome conferences and conventions.

In June 2019 I was an exhibitor at the Washington State Home School convention and September 2019 an exhibitor at the Pacific Northwest Bookseller’s Association convention in Portland.

I have read and shared Wascana’s Amazing Journey at elementary schools, preschools, libraries and Montessori schools both locally and in Alberta and British Columbia. The experience of reading, being engaged and answering challenging questions by 3-9 year olds has been enlightening and just plain fun!

I am also a member of Olympic Peninsula Authors, have been interviewed on the local radio station and also on the Delphi Vision Broadcasting station / Donna Seebo August 2020.

I have always loved writing stories with a vivid imagination as a child and it has carried on through adulthood. I pursued a career as a nurse and I have brought a healing care to hundreds of sick and injured that have crossed my path.

Follow along Wascana’s healing journey that teaches positive values, friendship, caring and compassion!