Egyptian Geese in Texas

CyberCelt | December 27, 2007 in Birding, Strange | Comments (1)

These birds have been a mystery to me and everyone I asked about them.

This year, we had a visitor who was able to identify them as Egyptian Geese.

Thanks, Mike!

I believe that you have photographed a couple of Egyptian Geese. While they are not native to North America, there are numerous accounts of captive birds escaping and surviving in the wild for some time. I suspect that occasionally they successfully rear offspring in the North American “wilds” as well.

Mike Boyce
Baker Sanctuary Resident Manager
www.BakerSanctuary.org
Michigan Audubon Society

Tags: egyptian geese, medina lake, audubon society

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1. Comment by Tola — February 14, 2008 at 7:05 pm  

   We had a mated pair of Egyptian geese and their days-old 11 goslings show up at our house last August. We herded them into the garden pen and they lived there for several months. The parents would leave for a few hours, probably to Lake Mineral Wells or Clarke Gardens and then return. After about two months they all flew off, first the parents and a few goslings, then all but one gosling, and after a day all by itself, the last baby left, too. I wonder if they found their way to Medina Lake.