Mystery duck (revealed!) [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

The location suggests escapee(s) from the National Zoo & Aquarium.
They have or had 2 individuals in their collection the last time I visited
a year ago.
May be worth calling them?

Cheers

Marnix Zwankhuizen
Senior Analyst/Programmer
Project GENESIS
Australian Electoral Commission

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Mark Clayton wrote:
      Hi John,

      Just a suggestion but do you have a book that shows the Egyptian
      Goose? Most of your description, except for the possible buff
      coloured ring (how obvious?) around the neck, fits the EG pretty
      well.


Brilliant Mark! I just googled up some photos of the EG, and that's
defiinitely what we saw. The picture here:
http://wildflowers-cdrom.com/birds/birdpics/Egyptian_goose.JPG
is the closest likeness to what we saw today. So, is this something that's
often seen around Canberra?

Thanks muchly,
John Brannan

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