Amelia Earhart Park Dec 6 (part 5 of 6) Ducks and Geese

[feng_shui_house]

A pair of geese- the one in the front fluffed the head feathers just as I snapped.


Egyptian geese- been domesticated for hundreds of years, people like them because they're so pretty. They don't seem to have a high success rate at breeding when feral, so prob. this pair prob. escaped from somewhere not too far away.


They're about the same size as a duck, which made it confusing when I searched to find out what they were. They're in the shelduck family, sorta, I think? Where shelducks are large ducks and Egyptian geese are small geese. My head hurts. PRETTY BIRDS.


I'm assuming this is a hybrid between a mallard and a domestic white duck. Ducks hybridize freely, so you can see some really exotic crosses.


More mallard & mallard crosses-- planning WORLD DOMINATION. Everyone, DUCK.

Comments

[vera_j]

Mallards are our residents here and I can say they are ubiquitus:-)
I like ducks very much - but oh, they are so noisy!!!!
Imagine the night...and they are chattering and splashing...still MUCH better than herons!!!:-)
Geese only stop shortly here and we can see the big V -shaped flock flying away in autumn...

[feng_shui_house]

I like to see them in the park, but I agree I don't want them keeping me awake at night!

Someone on my block once owned a pair of peacocks and wOW, those birds can be LOUD.