[Length 26 in. Wingspan 47 in.]

Emperor Geese are handsome birds with mottled steel gray bodies, white head and hind neck, and black fore neck, throat, and chin. No other goose has this distinctive black-and-white head pattern. Emperor Geese breed along coastal areas of Siberia and western Alaska in the northern Bering Sea. They winter exclusively along the southern Alaskan coast and islands from Kodiak Island out along the entire Aleutian Island chain (although each year a few stray south along the west coasts of Canada and the US as far south as central California!). This Emperor Goose was photographed overhead in flight at the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1989)

[Length 26 in. Wingspan 47 in.]

This Emperor Goose was photographed overhead in flight at the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1989)

[Length 34 in. Wingspan 68 in.]

This Greylag Goose was photographed at Cley Marshes RSPB Reserve, Norfolk, England, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: May 2002)

[Length 34 in. Wingspan 68 in.]

This Greylag Goose was photographed at Cley Marshes RSPB Reserve, Norfolk, England, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: May 2002)

[Length 34 in. Wingspan 68 in.]

These captive Greylag Geese were photographed on a ranch in the Texas Hill Country, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: December 2000)

[Length 28 in. Wingspan 53 in.]

This "Greenland" Greater White-fronted Goose was photographed on a lake in northern New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: October 1983)

[Length 28 in. Wingspan 53 in.]

This "Siberian" Greater White-fronted Goose (the nominate race) was photographed at St. James Park, London, England, Great Britain. It is presumed to be part of the captive waterfowl collection there. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 28 in. Wingspan 53 in.]

This "Tundra" Greater White-fronted Goose was photographed at San Bernard NWR, Brazoria, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 16, 2009)