the Geese, and Other Fables of Bidpai,_ retold by Maude Barrows Button.] A Tortoise and two Geese lived together in a pond for many years. At last there came a drought and dried up the pond. Then the Geese said to one another,-- "We mu... Read more of THE TORTOISE AND THE GEESE at Children Stories.caInformational Site Network Informational.ca
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Length--15½ in. Weight--1-1/3 lbs. The ruddy duck often...

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Length--24-25 in.
Weight--3¼ - 3¾ lbs.

These are sea geese, the blacks wintering south to Baja, California, in
the Pacific. The Atlantic race winters from Virginia northward. Flight
is swift, in irregular and changing flock patterns.





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