John et al,
I wandered down to the confluence of Yarralumla Ck and Molonglo
River and found the duck. I can confirm it is an Egyptian goose.
Cheers
Alastair 
From:
John Brannan [
Sent: Sunday, 3 June 2007 8:11 PM
To: Mark Clayton
Cc: 'COG'
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Mystery duck (revealed!)
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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