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Here is goose at a local lake. It is obviously not a wild goose and haver seen one that looks like this one. Any ideas?
50607
I think folks are going to need a better picture.
Looks like a small speck turned side ways. On my computer it would pass for a pigeon or a condor.
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There are times I have had to call The Museum of Natural History; the bird could be a Gray Goose. Hoodie Ledbetter wrote a song about cooking the Old Gray Goose.
F. Guffey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj41fhds0W0
Then there's the Old Grey Mare-
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?&q=the+old+grey+goose+aint+what+she+used+to+be&view=detail&mid=473970D13E4FCA4BD9C6473970D13E4FCA4BD9C6&form=VDRVRV&ajaxhist=0
50609
Here it is! Thanks!
According to these pic's then it may be an Egyptian goose. If so, it's a long way from home.
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Spruce Goose ?
Too small. Not enough spruce.
some folks would call that dinner
Yep that?s it.
The Egyptian Goose is a non-native waterfowl seen in North America. This multi-coloured goose has been introduced into the southern states and is now seen throughout Florida, southern Georgia, the eastern half of Texas and in the southern regions of California.
According to these pic's then it may be an Egyptian goose. If so, it's a long way from home.
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That is indeed an Egyptian Goose. In Egypt and other areas of North Africa they have both wild and domestic populations. In the wild in this country it is a nuisance invasive species. If you are in a place like Texas that has fairly large populations of these birds you can kill them any time of the year (goose dinner??)
In waterfowl season they sometimes show up in hunters bags as a "bonus bird." Another invasive species is the Collard Dove, for which again, there is no limit at least in Texas.
Another invasive species is the Collard Dove,
We raised a ring neck dove, it lived for 27 years, that was one year less that a Passenger pigeon named Martha. The excursion trains wiped out all of the passenger Pigeons except one.
F. Guffey
Doves. Don't know much about them but I grew up with the sound of mourning doves. Even heard them on some TV shows. They kept their distance. You could hear them way out in the meadow or pasture.
About 30 years ago they vanished completely here. We still have plenty of doves but they aren't the same species. They look about the same but instead of their distinctive "mourning" mating call they sound like coo-coo's or like a a coo-coo clock. Perhaps these are the Collard doves Art mentioned above. They are very annoying. They are loud and perch on power lines and trees near homes.
barretcreek
08-25-2022, 01:46
The doves Art mentioned are here in CO also. Same status, but they never venture to where they can be shot. Same with piggies.
They are very annoying.
We would answer the phone, as soon as we did the person calling would ask "What is that sound?". All I was allowed to say about the intelligences of a birds was "They are cunning and clever". We took a short trip with the doves; my intentions were to release them about 60 miles from home. We made a day of it; our children were making claims the doves were keeping up. When we got home the doves were ready to come in. Later disaster struck, one of the doves was killed by children in the neighborhood with BB guns.
We went to Canton, Texas to purchase another dove, we tried to get it familiar with the surroundings for 2 months, we released it and it immediately it struck off for Canton. We purchased another, same thing after 4 months and then we gave up. We raised the doves with blue jays and a chocolate lab. The blue Jay was the most cunning and cleaver bird, the coo-coo required the most research, it had two toes forward and two toes backwards.
F. Guffey
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