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Domestic or Ganky Geese

10,000 Birds

Most of the world’s domestic geese can be traced back thousands of years to the wild Greylag Goose ( Anser anser ) although domestic geese were also bred from Swan Goose ( A. Feral geese run the gamut from pure white to almost entirely gray or brown. cygnoides ) ancestors. cygnoides ) ancestors. Get yours today!

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The Rose-ringed Parakeets of Heidelberg

10,000 Birds

The roost used to be in front of the “Stadtwerke” (the high chimney with breeding Peregrine Falcons) along Kurfürstenanlage a few hundred metres to the east, but the birds switched to the train station in January 2011. The zoo has a small colony of genuinely wild Grey Herons (watch them compete with the seals for the fish!),

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