10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
The purist birders take little interest in them, regarding them as no more interesting, or exciting, than the flocks of Canada Geese that have long been established in the county. According to Suffolk Birds 2022 (the annual bird report), “the birds in the county are part of a naturalised population”.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2015
They probably evolved from the Canada Goose, and today sport black faces, white necks, and grayish bodies. Captive bred geese and reintroduction went hand in hand with active population management, including predator control and habitat protection. Unlike other geese, Nenes prefer walking to swimming.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2020
The potential for contagion through clicking on links has long been acknowledged and with a desire to protect our precious readers, the links have been discontinued. You may notice a few non-commital “sp” entries and/or a few domestic/feral/hybrid forms. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis). Graylag Goose (Anser anser).
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2022
FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness. But, yes, there are photographs of dead birds and x-ray images of the damage done to individual birds and photographs of the annual FLAP display, as shown below.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 6, 2011
Feral geese run the gamut from pure white to almost entirely gray or brown. 4 Responses to “Domestic or Ganky Geese&# John Mar 6th, 2011 at 9:12 pm I see goose hybrids regularly since the local, nonmigratory Canada Geese happily interbreed with the domestic geese at a county park’s zoo. HERE’S THE LINK TO THE PICTURE.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 10, 2011
Most threatened endemics are now restricted to protected areas, but I’ve passed a couple of Weka on a country road in Neslon and I saw my first Long-tailed Cuckoo flying across the main road out of Wellington. Feral Turkey are also quite common. But these aren’t the only large ground-loving birds you might encounter.
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