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  Geese
The goose, with its steady, powerful flight and migratory habits, can be associated with travelling, undertaking a journey to a new destination.
The Taiga bean goose breeds in marshes and bogs of the Eurasian taigas.
The Taiga bean goose is a brownish bird, 66-84 cm long, its bill is orange-yellow with a litle fl at the base and tip and sometimes with a small white edge at the base.
www.dierinbeeld.nl /animal_files/birds/goose/index.html   (1343 words)

  
  GOOSE - LoveToKnow Article on GOOSE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In Scotland this goose continues to breed sparingly in several parts of the Highlands and in certain of the Hebrides, the nests being generally placed in long heather, and the eggs seldom exceeding five or six in number.
Thus the grey lag goose is the grey goose which in England when the name was given was not migratory but lagged behind the other wild species at the season when they betook themselves to their northern breedingquarters.
The largest living goose is that called the Chinese, Guinea or swan-goose, Cygnopsis cygnoides, and this is the stock whence the domestic geese of several eastern countries have sprung.
52.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GO/GOOSE.htm   (1836 words)

  
 Bean Goose - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) is a medium-sized to large goose breeding in northern Europe and Asia.
The upper wing-coverts are dark brown, as in the White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) and the Lesser White-fronted Goose (A.
There are five subspecies, with complex variation in body size and bill size and pattern; generally, size increases from north to south and from west to east.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bean_goose   (369 words)

  
 Pink-footed Goose - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is closely related to the Bean Goose (Anser fabalis).
The Pink-footed Goose has the bill short, bright pink in the middle, and the feet also pink, which is diagnostic.
The upper wing-coverts are nearly of the same bluish-grey as in the Greylag Goose.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pink-footed_Goose   (111 words)

  
 bean - definition by dict.die.net
Among true beans are: the fl-eyed bean and China bean, included in Dolichos Sinensis; fl Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, D.
Bean weevil (Zo["o]l.), a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans.
Tonquin bean, or Tonka bean, the fragrant seed of Dipteryx odorata, a leguminous tree.
dict.die.net /bean   (266 words)

  
 North American Birds: Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) at Hoquiam, Washington: a first state record   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Bean Goose was found on 7 December (but could have been present for some time at this infrequently visited location), and on 9 December persistent, strong southerly winds (averaging 15.5 mph/25.4 kph) began.
A large brown goose readily picked out from the Canada Geese with which it associated, it was as tall and long as most of the fulva and moffitti present but seemed somewhat slimmer.
It is conceivable that the Bean Goose's crossing into the Nearctic brought it into contact with multiple races of Canada Geese but that it joined larger fulva somewhere in southeastern Alaska or the Pacific Northwest on their southward migration.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4104/is_200312/ai_n9335205   (1226 words)

  
 Materials and methods
Two of the species, the snow goose (numt sequence) and the Ross’ goose (control region and numt sequence) and one of the races, the eastern greylag goose (control region and numt sequence) were represented by captive individuals.
The connections of the known lesser white-fronted goose breeding areas to the wintering areas in Greece and China and to a staging area in Kazakhstan are indicated by arrows.
To clarify the levels of genetic diversity of the lesser white-fronted goose prior to the population decline, feathers from museum skins from the years 1889-1945 were obtained in Finland and Norway.
herkules.oulu.fi /isbn9514259483/html/c337.html   (526 words)

  
 Bean Goose
Bean Goose: Large goose with scaled brown upperparts and pale gray-brown underparts.
Bean Goose: Four to five white eggs are laid on the ground atop a small pile of tundra grass.
Bean Goose: Similar to this bird is Greater White-fronted Goose, which has pink bill, white face patch at the base of bill, and dark barring on underparts.
identify.whatbird.com /obj/656/_/Bean_Goose.aspx   (529 words)

  
 Heirloom Beans
A bean can be a combination of all three types and, for example, be a "long speckled greasy cut-short cornfield bean." These beans are of many colors and shapes, as will be discussed later.
I got the Seay Bean from Mary McLaughlin in Berea, KY. This bean is from her husband's mother's side of the family in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
I remember distinctly the "goose beans" we grew and Mother's story about her grandfather killing a wild goose and her grandmother taking the beans out of the craw and beginning to grow them each year.
www.heirlooms.org /beans.html   (3101 words)

  
 Welcome to the WWT official website
Bean Goose Anser fabalis in Britain and Ireland 1960/61 - 1999/2000.
The Bean Goose is a widespread and abundant species across the Palearctic, breeding from Scandinavia to eastern Siberia.
Tundra Bean Geese breed in low arctic northern Russia and western Siberia, from the Kola Peninsula to the Taimyr Peninsula.
www.wwt.org.uk /monitoring/waterbirdreviews/bean-goose.asp   (270 words)

  
 Identification   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
It is a fairly large goose with a size of 72-90cm (28-35in).
It is often quoted as being a silent goose but when heard flighting to or from the roost there is a fair clamour of noise.
The Bean Goose is fully protected under the UK Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Annex2/1 of the EC Birds Directive and Appendix 3 of the Berne Convention.
www.bean-geese.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /indentification.htm   (134 words)

  
 The geese
Goose species are gregarious during the non-breeding season and families usually remain together throughout the winter (Cramp & Simmons 1977).
The bean goose is a widespread species with a breeding distribution covering the Eurasian tundra and taiga zones (Cramp & Simmons 1977).
The main problems facing lesser white-fronted goose conservation are related to the lack of knowledge regarding the breeding, staging and wintering areas, difficulties in accessing remote areas and the low number of (individually marked) individuals for observations.
herkules.oulu.fi /isbn9514259483/html/x224.html   (3319 words)

  
 naturhun - ahol a vadászat kezdődik
Bean goose is one of our large "gray geese".
The White-fronted goose is smaller, than the bean goose, with fast flight.
From natural stocks, eight individuals of mallard, garganey, teal, pochard, goldeneye, coot and four individuals of bean goose and white-fronted goose can be killed per hunter and per day, respectively.
www.naturhun.hu /uk/aprovad_vadkacsa.html   (239 words)

  
 Bean Goose, Anser fabalis
A key factor in maintaining bean geese in the valley is the availability of secure roosts close to the feeding areas.
It was discovered these were from a group of 36 captured in a moulting flock of 300 non-breeding or failed breeding geese at a remote central Swedish locality during July 1987.
The Yare Beans, from the extreme south-west part of the main breeding range in central Sweden, are present on nesting grounds from late April until September.
www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /bird-guide/bean-goose.htm   (594 words)

  
 ANFAB
In autumn, Sweden is of special importance for the Bean Goose and especially for the western Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis fabalis as the majority of the population stages in Sweden for a period especially in October, smaller numbers at that time of the year being found in areas south of the Baltic, i.e.
Neck-banding of Bean Geese in Finland (breeding) and Sweden (staging) have shown that the Bean Geese in Sweden in October consists of two different cotigents at least.
During the peak years in was estimated that the total population was in the order of 80000 - 110000, but it most probable that the total population is lower now, around 80000, as indicated by data from countries south of the Baltic.
www.biol.lu.se /zooekologi/waterfowl/GooseInv/G_ARTER/anfab.htm   (502 words)

  
 Fourwinds10.com - News - Government > Banking/IRS -- Jack And The Bean Stock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The giant chased after (was lead by) Jack who now was in control of the goose (strawman and the gold in 1933) and the harp (airwaves of sound - media).
"That's MY goose!" the giant shouted, "and that is my gold!" Jack was petrified as he knew the giant sleeper had awoken.
The giant took the goose from Jack (redemption), then asked, "What is your name?" Jack told him and the giant immediately asked the golden harp to play harmonious notes (notices and contracts) to Jack who by now was in stark terror.
www.fourwinds10.com /news/05-government/A-banking-irs/2004/05A-02-27-04-jack-and-the-bean-stock.html   (1877 words)

  
 beangeese
Photographs of a Bean Goose at Portmore Lough/Aghalee, Co. Antrim, reported as a "Tundra Bean Goose" Anser fabalis serrirostris (serrirostris being synonymous with what used to be called "rossicus") strongly suggest that this bird is in fact the more usual type recorded in Ireland, a Taiga Bean Goose A. f.
Generally speaking, the bill of Taiga Bean is rather long, slender toward the tip, often with a slightly concave culmen.
The bill of Tundra Bean is generally shorter, blunter, and comparatively deeper at the base, with a somewhat swollen-looking base of lower mandible.
www.irishbirding.com /beangeese.html   (490 words)

  
 Snow Goose
Snow Goose: Four to eight white eggs are laid in a nest sparsely lined with down on the tundra.
Snow Goose: Snow geese feed primarily on emergent marsh vegetation.  Their diet consists of saltgrass, wild millet, spikerush, feathergrass, panic grass, seashore paspalum, delta duckpotato, bulrush, cordgrass, cattail, ryegrass, and wild rice.  Rice is a very important food on wintering grounds in Texas and Louisiana along with smartweed, dropseed, bluestem, and fescue.
Snow Goose: The white morph of the Snow Goose is similar to widely-escaped domesticated barnyard goose, but the Snow Goose has fl primaries and a distinctive bill pattern.
identify.whatbird.com /obj/294/_/Snow_Goose.aspx   (758 words)

  
 Bean Geese
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) is a medium-sized to large goose breeding in northern Europe and Asia.
The upper wing-coverts are dark brown, as in the White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) and the Lesser White-fronted Goose (A.
The Bean Goose is a rare winter visitor to Britain.
www.avianweb.com /beangeese.html   (480 words)

  
 Birdwatching and birding tours in Israel
This didn't look promising and by the time we had set out on the morning tours to the Eilat Mountains and the north beach a large portion of the sky was covered by dark grey clouds.
"On the morning of 14 March James Smith met me at the K19 sewage pools and reported that he had just seen a Bean Goose, and that it flew inland from the sea due north and must have landed somewhere in the area.
Of course this was big news as there are no records of Bean Goose in Israel in modern times.
www.birdingisrael.com   (713 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Scotland | Rare bean goose given protection
Scotland's rarest goose is to be given new protection.
The bean geese breed in the boreal forests of Sweden, northern Norway, Finland and western Russia.
Worldwide, there are approximately 100,000 taiga bean geese.
news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/4702798.stm   (241 words)

  
 BirdForum - Bean Goose
Bean Geese aren't unusual inland, but I doubt that a genuinely wild Bean Goose would allow you or your dog anywhere near them.
one should be carefull in assuming that every tame goose in a park is an escape, allthough in general it is quite likely in many cases.
But there are other examples: in the winter 2002/2003 a single Greater white fronted goose (a young bird born 2002, according to the plumage) showed up between the greylag geese on a big lake in one of the parks in Bonn.
www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=14191   (656 words)

  
 Lincolnshire Bird Club - Bean Geese
Bean geese are dark grey with contrasting pale breast's and pale-edged dark tertials and the orange legs really stand out.
Because the bill colour of Bean Goose is so variable with the Taiga and Tundra forms, it cannot be relied upon for correct separation of the two.
Bean Geese are scarce/rare visitors to the county and rarely give much opportunity to study them here.
www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk /rare_birds/bean_geese.htm   (567 words)

  
 Chapter Beakiron <i>to</i> Bearberry of B by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
multiflorus; Windsor bean, the common bean of England, Faba vulgaris.
the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy.
A red bean of unknown species used for ornament.
www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1193/22046/3.html   (371 words)

  
 Bean Goose - Cyberbirding   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Adult Taiga Bean Goose near Bergen in Hordaland 21st.
Bean geese are rare visitors in the county all year round, and this was only the 18th.
This Brean Goose and some Whooper Swans found a small ice-free patch close to the road, making close up photography possible.
cyberbirding.uib.no /photo/a_fabalis_01.php   (69 words)

  
 The RSPB: Bean goose
The bean goose is one of the 'grey geese'.
It tends to be darker and browner than the other species in this group, and to have a darker head and neck.
The best place in Britain to see bean geese is the Yare Valley in Norfolk, which includes the RSPB's Mid-Yare nature reserves.
www.rspb.org.uk /wildlife/birdguide/name/b/beangoose/index.asp   (417 words)

  
 Bean Goose - TheBestLinks.com - Animal, Bird, Chordate, English language, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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 Mightybeanz - Series 4 Rookie
Venus Flytrap bean is a bit of a big mouth so it’s a good idea for Fly Bean keep out of his hungry jaws!
Dolphin bean is the resident comedian of the sea and is always telling cheeky jokes!
Anabus Bean, the God of the afterlife, is dead funny and keeps the mummies in stitches when he walks like an Egyptian!
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 Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Bean-king (The).   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Rey de Habas, the child appointed to play the part of king on twelfth-night.
In France it was at one time customary to hide a bean in a large cake, and he to whom the bean fell, when the cake was distributed, was for the nonce the bean king, to whom all the other guests showed playful reverence.
The Greeks used beans for voting by ballot.
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 Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Bean Goose (The).
A migratory bird which appears in England in the autumn of the year, and is so named from a mark on its bill like a horsebean.
It is next in size to the Grey Lag-goose.
The term comes from the northern counties where the bean (goose) is common.
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