Goose Goose is considered a narrow -areal species. At the present moment, the number is stable, although the species remains in a rather serious condition, as places for molting and nesting are actively developed by people.
The bird in appearance is a small goose with a very bright plumage. And if you are interested in how to draw a red-breasted goose, then you need to know that the top of the head, neck, forehead and back, tail, belly and wings are black.
The head on the sides has large rusty spots with a white outline. The area of the goiter and the front of the neck are red. The legs are black and the beak for the goose is relatively small.
Spread
Outside the nesting zone of this species is the Altai Territory. Migrating geese fly along the entire Lower Ob, as well as from the Yenisei Guba from Taimyr to the mouth of the river. Irtysh. A fixed path along Tobol. In the autumn period in the past, the goose was often observed also on the Baraba reservoirs (in this article you can see their pictures). The red-throated goose sometimes appears in the Altai Territory; this can be regarded as a flight of birds departing from their main course of the flight route. These rare flights sometimes occur in the autumn migration period.
Most often, the red-throated goose is found on Lake Kulunda. At this point she was observed three times in September. In the floodplain Ob of these geese were mined in the Pavlovsk region in 1961, in addition, their presence was noted in the Petropavlovsk region; near the village of Nizhneozerskoye on Lake Stepnoye, which is located in Ust-Pristan; in the lower river. Charysh. This goose on the river. Alei is noted in Aleysky and Rubtsovsky districts; the species in the Upper Alley is periodically found in the Gilev Reserve in the autumn. Red-breasted goose, according to the stories of hunters, also happens in the Romanovsky district on the lakes Gorkoye, Gorkoye-Pereshcheinoe and Bolshoy Ostrovnoye.
In addition, the bird was registered in Swan Sanctuary in 1993, at the Gilevsky Reservoir in 1997, where in October a flock of 20 birds was noticed; in the spring of 1997, they met one individual at the mouth of Chumysh, as well as in a flooded meadow near the village of Akutikha. Single rare individuals are recorded in the Mamontov and Khabar regions; on Lake Stepnoye in August 2003, 2 individuals were kept; near the village of Novichikha in 2003, 6 red-throated geese were observed on the Akininsky swamp. They were rarely observed in autumn and spring on the lakes Lyapunikha and Belenkoye in the Uglovsky district.
Habitats (photo)
Red-breasted goose nests from the forest-tundra to the boundary of typical tundra, while the most favorable nesting zones of these birds are associated with tundra and shrubbery - there they are located on ledges or at the edge of steep slopes along the banks of rivers and lakes. During migrations they stay near water bodies.
Number
As mentioned above, in recent years there has been a positive dynamics in the general state of the population of this species. Most often, single individuals fly to Altai Krai, mainly with geese in flocks of other species. Sometimes groups of 25 individuals and less were observed, although flocks are much more numerous. For example, in Kulunda lake in 1986, up to 50 individuals were kept, and in 1985 and 1989. - about a hundred.
Biology features
Birds fly to their nesting sites in the first half of June in already established pairs. In the same month in the twentieth days they begin to actively lay eggs. Mostly nest in small colonies of 5 or more pairs, sometimes in separate pairs. At the age of three, puberty occurs. Each year, no more than 38% of the entire population participate in nesting, while in adverse years only 4%. In normal, full laying, there can be up to 7 eggs, their female incubates for 27 days, then chicks hatching in the photo hatch.
Goose Goose is exclusively herbivorous. Until 1968, the main areas of wintering were considered the territories of the southern Caspian region, at the moment - lakes in the western part of the Black Sea and the lower Danube.
She has been regularly bred since 1960 in Slimbridge, at the International Center for Waterfowl. She is also bred at the Walsrode Zoo, as well as in various private airlines in Europe. The offspring was also obtained at the Moscow zoo.
Security measures
In order to prevent the Red-throated Goose from degenerating, strict control over full compliance with environmental legislation is being carried out, in addition, enlightenment of the population, including hunters.