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Re: Purple Finches and Picket Road Goose




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
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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