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Snow goose is a kind of migratory bird with white feathers all over its body, black wing horns, body length 66-84cm, wingspan 135-170cm, life expectancy of 25 years, monogamous.

Their habitat is in the Arctic Circle, overwintering in subtropical and temperate regions of North America, and returning to the Arctic in Spring to spawn and breed. Snow geese can fly at speeds of up to 95 kilometers per hour and can fly for hundreds of kilometers in a row.

Quebec, Canada has become a transit point for their migration because of its many lakes and swamps. The main food is reeds and calamus in the swamps. Every year from late March to the end of April is the peak time for their arrival, and up to 500,000 snow geese can ben seen flying in the air at the same time.