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Pole Dancing

Postby Mike Farley » Fri 07 Apr 2017, 18:37

It seems to be a period when I am finding shots of aquatic avians. I am not too well up on water fowl, but I do not think that this is a duck. ;)

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Re: Pole Dancing

Postby Nina » Fri 07 Apr 2017, 20:09

Well, if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck then it probably is a duck. :)
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Re: Pole Dancing

Postby Mike Farley » Fri 07 Apr 2017, 23:26

Nina wrote:Well, if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck then it probably is a duck. :)

  • Looks like a duck - check
  • Swims like a duck - dunno, it did not venture from the pole. Maybe it cannot swim?
  • Sounds like a duck - unfortunately, it made no sound either
Hmm, maybe we have a confused duck? Or maybe a confused photographer who goes around taking pictures of ducks by mistake? :?
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Re: Pole Dancing

Postby davidb » Sat 08 Apr 2017, 08:19

It's an Egyptian Goose.
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Re: Pole Dancing

Postby Mike Farley » Sat 08 Apr 2017, 18:29

davidb wrote:It's an Egyptian Goose.
I wondered if it might be, but the beak was not as orange as I thought it should be. Maybe it is a juvenile? Anyway, at least it is not a duck.
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Re: Pole Dancing

Postby davidb » Sun 09 Apr 2017, 00:31

My Collins Bird Guide describes the bill as "dull, pink-red bill with dark outline". I think that matches your goose quite well :)
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Re: Pole Dancing

Postby Mike Farley » Tue 11 Apr 2017, 19:02

I have done a bit of research, aided by some shots I took at the time. The previous day I had been at Barton Broad, where I had taken the picture of the duck I posted in the "Do Not Do This!" thread. That is one species of waterfowl which I do recognise. ;)

There were some notices showing the other birds which were likely to be seen, including the Egyptian Goose. I took some shots of what appeared to be that bird, but on investigating it appears to have been a Greylag Goose. It would explain my confusion over the beak colour, which was definitely shown as being orange of the sign at the broad.

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Re: Pole Dancing

Postby davidb » Tue 11 Apr 2017, 23:24

You've identified the second goose correctly. We'll make a birdwatcher/twitcher of you yet :lol:
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