| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 217 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213) and index. |
| Contents |
1 It's a Goose 1 -- 2 Settling In 19 -- 3 At the Nest 25 -- 4 Nesting Travails 37 -- 5 Spring Again 55 -- 6 Mate Switch 65 -- 7 One Month at a Nest 71 -- 8 Geese Hatching 87 -- 9 To Greener Pastures 101 -- 10 A Summer Night Concert: Sounds and Sights 109 -- 11 Fall Visitors 113 -- 12 Spring Sorting-Out 121 -- 13 Jane and Harry 131 -- 14 Getting Together 141 -- 15 The Sedge Pair 147 -- 16 Adoption, Parenting, and Desertion 159 -- 17 A Feather Dropped 173 -- Appendix 1 Chronologies at Two Ponds 181 -- Appendix 2 Lorenz's Geese 183 -- Appendix 3 Canada Goose Populations 193 -- Appendix 4 Birds Seen at and around the Beaver Bog 203. |
| Summary |
The author describes his experiences observing a flock of Canada geese that lived in the beaver bog next to his home in Vermont, and describes their daily routines, nest raids, and jealousy. |
| Subject |
Canada goose -- Behavior -- Vermont.
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Human-animal relationships -- Vermont.
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Canada goose -- Behavior.
(OCoLC)fst00845064
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Human-animal relationships. (OCoLC)fst00963482
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Vermont. (OCoLC)fst01204305
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| ISBN |
0060197455 |
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9780060197452 |
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0060957387 (pbk.) |
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9780060957384 (pbk.) |
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