The Bar-headed Goose ( Anser indicus ) is a goose which breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India.

The Bar-headed Goose migrates over the Himalayas to spend the winter in parts of South Asia ( from Assam to as far south as Tamil Nadu.

The winter habitat of the Bar-headed Goose is cultivated fields, where it feeds on barley, rice and wheat, and may damage crops.

The Bar-headed Goose is often kept in captivity, as it is considered beautiful and breeds readily.

Image: bar-headed. goose. slimbridge. arp. jpg | Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre, England

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Several species of wintering waterfowl have been noted including Bar-headed Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, Eurasian Wigeon, Gadwall, Common Teal, Northern Pintail, Garganey, Northern Shoveler, Common Pochard, Brown-headed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Whiskered Tern, Gull-billed Tern and Caspian Tern.

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The nest site is usually a pre-existing mud island inside a large shallow wetland, sometimes shared along with Bar-headed Goose.

On November 29, 1975, a Rüppell's Vulture was reportedly ingested into a jet engine above the Ivory Coast, and Bar-headed geese routinely overfly Mount Everest's summit, which is.

Besides, the lake is also inhabited by 184 bird species, including Common Cranes, Hooded Cranes, White Storks, Black Storks, Bar-headed Geese, Golden Eagles, Eastern Imperial Eagles, White-tailed Sea-eagles and Ruddy Shelducks.

Bar-headed Geese have been recorded by GPS flying at up to 6, 540 metres while crossing the Himalayas, at the same time engaging in the highest rates of climb to altitude for any bird.

Bar-headed geese have been seen flying as high as above sea level.

Image: Bar-headed Geese ( Anser indicus ) Scape at Bharatpur I IMG 5651. jpg | Bar-headed Geese Scape at Keoladeo National Park

Image: Bar-headed Geese ( Anser indicus )- Preening & resting at Bharatpur I IMG 5672. jpg | Preening & resting at Keoladeo National Park

Image: Bar-headed Geese ( Anser indicus ) at Bharatpur I IMG 5666. jpg | At Keoladeo National Park

Image: Bar-headed Geese ( Anser indicus ) at Bharatpur I IMG 5637. jpg | At Keoladeo National Park

Image: Bar-headed Geese ( Anser indicus ) in beautiful formation at Bharatpur I IMG 5653. jpg | Keoladeo National Park

Image: Bar-headed Geese-Bharatpur I IMG 8335. jpg | Flying off at Bharatpur, India.

Image: Bar-headed Geese-Bharatpur I IMG 8337. jpg | Flying off at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.

Image: Bar-headed Geese ( Anser indicus ) grazing at Bharatpur I IMG 5630. jpg | At Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.

During summer, the Bar-headed goose and Brahmini ducks are commonly seen here.

Caron is best known for the musical films An American in Paris ( 1951 ), Lili ( 1953 ), Daddy Long Legs ( 1955 ), Gigi ( 1958 ), and for the non-musical films Fanny ( 1961 ), The L-Shaped Room ( 1962 ), and Father Goose ( 1964 ).

Species for which the reserve is important include Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Wigeon, Teal, Pintail, Merlin, Dunlin, Bar-tailed Godwit and many others.

The term nursery rhyme is used for " traditional " poems for young children in Britain and many other countries, but usage only dates from the 19th century and in North America the older ‘ Mother Goose Rhymes ’ is still often used.

Others are the Shetland Sheepdog or " Sheltie ", the endangered Shetland Cattle and Shetland Goose and the Shetland Sheep which is believed to have originated prior to 1000 AD.

* The height of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xian, China is extended by 5 stories.

* mid-8th century-Great Wild Goose Pagoda at Ci ' en Temple, Xi ' an, Shanxi, is rebuilt.

* Construction of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Chang ' an ( modern Xi ' an ), Tang Dynasty China, is completed in this year during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang.

* Giant Wild Goose Pagoda at Ci ' en Temple, Xi ' an, Shanxi, is first erected.

The resulting island is now known as Goose Island.

In addition to his appearance in Through the Looking-Glass, as a character Humpty Dumpty has been used in a large range of literary works, including L. Frank Baum's Mother Goose in Prose ( 1901 ), where the rhyming riddle is devised by the daughter of the king, having witnessed Humpty's " death " and her father's soldiers ' efforts to save him.

The uses of these islands vary: Davids ' Island, the former location of the U. S. Army ’ s Fort Slocum, is currently unoccupied but is slated for use as passive parkland ; Glen Island is a County park for passive and active recreation ; Huckleberry Island is largely undeveloped and has one of the largest rookeries for some shore bird species in western Long Island Sound ; Columbia Island was the former site of CBS television broadcast antennas and is currently unoccupied ; Echo Island is used by a private yacht club ; Execution Rocks is the site of a 19th century lighthouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places ; Pea Island is owned by Huguenot Yacht Club but remains undeveloped ; Goose Island is undeveloped ; Clifford, Harrison and Tank Islands are part of a nature preserve and city park ; and Oak and Pine Islands are used as private residences.

The Spur-winged Goose, Plectropterus gambensis, is most closely related to the shelducks, but distinct enough to warrant its own subfamily, the Plectropterinae.

The unusual Magpie Goose is in a family of its own, the Anseranatidae.

The Northern Gannet, a seabird, is also known as the " Solan Goose " although it is a bird unrelated to the true geese, or any other Anseriformes for that matter.

Sir Christopher Wren has since the eighteenth century been claimed by the Lodge of Antiquity No. 2, one of the four founding Masonic Lodges of the Grand Lodge of England in 1717, to have been its Master at the Goose and Gridiron at St. Paul's churchyard, while he was rebuilding the cathedral: he is said to have been " adopted " on 18 May 1691 ( that is, accepted as a sort of honorary member or patron, rather than an operative ).