Taiga Bean Geese |
Tundra (left hand two) and Taiga Bean Geese. Not easy to separate the two Beans in flight. The slightly shorter necks of the Tundras was sometimes apparent as was the females chunkier head. |
Tundras (fourth and fifth from left) and Taiga Beans. Quickest way to pick out the two Tundra beans were by their uneven outer median coverts. |
Tundras (third and fifth from left) |
Tundras (third and fifth from left) |
Tundras (sixth and eight from left) |
Tundras (sixth and eight from left) |
Tundra Bean Geese (female left) |
Tundra Bean Geese (female left). Very different head/bill profile compared to male. |
Male Tundra Bean was on guard virtually the whole time, the female usually feeding no more than a meter or two away. |