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Re: Purple Finches and Picket Road Goose
- To: carolinabirder@duke.edu
- Subject: Re: Purple Finches and Picket Road Goose
- From: steven.shultz@unifi.com
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:27:44 -0500
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Sadly this appears to be true. Triangle birders may recall a recent
newspaper article describing a Canada Goose that became overly enamored
with a plastic egret at a local farm pond. There was even a pic of the
goose and it's new squeeze. Sadly the egret did not even look real.
Steve Shultz
Apex, NC T
Chris Hill <chill@kingfish.coastal.edu>@acpub.duke.edu on 02/20/2002
04:29:10 AM
Sent by: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
cc:
Subject: Re: Purple Finches and Picket Road Goose
> Russell Roberson wrote:
> 2. I was glad to see the message from Will Cook about the goose at the
> pond off Pickett Road. (snip).
In a weird e-mail convergence, the other bird e-mail group I subscribe to
was discussing a similar situation, and I recalled also the Ocracoke goose
that tripped up some visiting birders recently. So I thought this worth
forwarding - Birders beware the FLG (funny-looking geese)! Here's the
last word on why:
> These non-migrating, urban Canada Geese will attempt to breed with
> almost anything including drinking fountains in parks and your kid's
> tricycle, so it's no surprise that they produce offspring with feral
> barnyard geese and this sounds like the results of such a match.
> Dennis Rockwell Kennewick, WA dennis.rockwell@gte.net
Chris Hill
Conway, SC
chill@kingfish.coastal.edu