Name That Duck Solved: Egyptian Geese

July 4, 2008 - Leave a comment...

If you’re wondering what this is about, catch the video here.
Egyptian GooseI flipped through a Sibley guide at the local book nook here on Block Island and found a possible hit. Then as soon as I had internet, I Googled “Egyptian Goose” and all was made clear. Shown here is the image from the Wikipedia article, courtesy of Andreas Trepte.

Apparently, our little guests are an import model. Must’ve escaped from some zoo or wild animal collector, or perhaps they belong to someone on the island who knows they’re not going to LEAVE the island. In any case, they’re fairly common creatures… in Africa. In New England, they’re about as rare as a properly pronounced R.

This is quite possibly the coolest thing I’ve found on this island yet. For more info, read the full article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Goose

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  • Dad

    Wow! That is a really beautiful bird. Lost? Go to Wikipedia and look up the Hawaiian Ne Ne. Similar look, relative of the Canada Goose, some speculate that it’s decended thus from a group of honkers blown off course by a hurricane, ey. You’ll see some in Nov. Wonder if this Egyptian model had a similar start in B.I.?

    Love,

    Dad

  • http://thedivarockin.com TheDiva Rockin

    Cool looking bird!

  • Joe Robinson

    Well, these are the fellas habitating our golf course in Wandsworth and we had a wide range of guesses which |I shan't repeat. Bu tthe fact is that they are Egyptian ducks, according to the most literate ornithological sources. I would be happy to stand corrected.
    regards Joe Robinson

  • Joe Robinson

    Well, these are the fellas habitating our golf course in Wandsworth and we had a wide range of guesses which |I shan’t repeat. Bu tthe fact is that they are Egyptian ducks, according to the most literate ornithological sources. I would be happy to stand corrected.
    regards Joe Robinson

  • http://matthewebel.com Matthew Ebel

    Well, the only authority I really consulted was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Goose – There is no entry for “Egyptian Duck”, though geese ducks and swans are all part of the same family.

    There are also no real Google results for “Egyptian Duck” other than a few photos people have taken. Nothing authoritative seems to use the phrase “Egyptian Duck”. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22Egyptian+Duck%22

    That's about all the research I really did. To be honest, I didn't consider this a mystery worthy of burning the midnight oil. ;)

  • http://matthewebel.com Matthew Ebel

    Well, the only authority I really consulted was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Goose – There is no entry for “Egyptian Duck”, though geese ducks and swans are all part of the same family.

    There are also no real Google results for “Egyptian Duck” other than a few photos people have taken. Nothing authoritative seems to use the phrase “Egyptian Duck”. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22Egyptian+Duck%22

    That’s about all the research I really did. To be honest, I didn’t consider this a mystery worthy of burning the midnight oil. ;)

  • http://matthewebel.com Matthew Ebel

    Well, the only authority I really consulted was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Goose – There is no entry for “Egyptian Duck”, though geese ducks and swans are all part of the same family.

    There are also no real Google results for “Egyptian Duck” other than a few photos people have taken. Nothing authoritative seems to use the phrase “Egyptian Duck”. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22Egyptian+Duck%22

    That's about all the research I really did. To be honest, I didn't consider this a mystery worthy of burning the midnight oil. ;)