Domesticated farm animals comprise mainly goats, cows, water buffalo, chickens, geese and ducks. Preferred avian prey includes grebes, alcids, ducks, gulls, coots, herons, egrets, and geese. Snowy plovers nest at Owens along with several thousand snow geese and ducks. The region also provides habitat for coyotes, rabbits, squirrels, foxes, geese and ducks. Geese and dabbling ducks are primarily grazers. Winter residents include large flocks of ducks, geese, and swans winter in the Sound. Freshwater mussels are eaten by muskrats, otters, raccoons, ducks, baboons, humans, and geese. Small game includes small animals, such as rabbits, pheasants, geese or ducks. The swans' closest relatives include the geese and ducks. Near the shoreline, gulls, herons, geese, and loons are common. Waterfowl hunting is available in the region for duck, geese, coot, and teal. Peasants also had farmyards to provide them with chickens and geese. Multiple bird hits from a flock of Canada geese caused both engines to lose power. The sound made by a flock of geese resembles the baying of hounds. With smaller prey like beaver, geese, and hares, there is no risk to the wolf.