Mystery duck (confirmed!)

[John Brannan <>]

Thank you for the confirmation Alastair.

John Brannan

Alastair Smith wrote:

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 [m("netspeed.com.au","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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