9) GREYLAG GOOSE

I took the photograph of Greylag Goose with Fuji HS 10 at Vadhvana Wet Lands near Dabhoi in Gujarat.

This goose is a winter visitor in India according to the Helm Field Guides Book, Birds of the Indian Subcontinent authored by Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp and Tim Inskipp and published by Oxford University Press. It feeds chiefly by grazing, mainly at night; rests on large lakes, rivers and open fields by day.

The greylag goose (Anser anser) is a bird in the waterfowl family Anatidae as per Wikipedia. Its distribution is widespread, with birds from the north of its range in Europe and Asia migrating southwards to spend the winter in warmer places.  It is the type species of the genus Anser and is the ancestor of one type of domestic goose, having been domesticated at least as early as 1360 BC. The genus name is from anser, the Latin for "goose”.

Greylag geese travel to their northerly breeding grounds in spring, nesting on moorlands, in marshes, around lakes and on coastal islands. They normally mate for life and nest on the ground among vegetation. A clutch of three to five eggs is laid; the female incubates the eggs and both parents defend and rear the young. The birds stay together as a family group, migrating southwards in autumn as part of a flock, and separating the following year. During the winter they occupy semi-aquatic habitats, estuaries, marshes and flooded fields, feeding on grass and often consuming agricultural crops.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greylag_goose