wild goose

Animal · mentioned in 7 journal entries

Planning Westward Fort Clatsop Return Post-expedition NPS L&C NHT trail data © National Park Service
AI-extracted reference. Each entry below was identified by AI as mentioning wild goose. Spelling variants may not be merged. see related variants →
Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
1 mention via 1 variant: goose (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching wildlife/plant records:
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Fort Mandan (winter) — Patrick Gass: January 13, 1805
Patrick Gass · Jan 13, 1805 · Fort Mandan (winter)
"nest found in tall tree"
Missouri River near Little Missouri — Patrick Gass: April 13, 1805
Patrick Gass · Apr 13, 1805 · Missouri River near Little Missouri
"nest found in tall tree"
Patrick Gass: April 18, 1805
Patrick Gass · Apr 18, 1805 · Missouri River near present-day Williston, ND area
"mentioned at start of entry"
Lewis: May 3, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · May 3, 1805 · Missouri River near Porcupine River
"nest found on driftwood with three eggs"
Clark: March 15, 1806
William Clark · Mar 15, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"compared in color to brant"
Lewis: March 15, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Mar 15, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"compared in coloration to brant"
Clark: March 26, 1806
William Clark · Mar 26, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"large one killed by hunters" — transcribed as Wild goose

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