There's six little ones in there.
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Posted 04 March 2013 - 03:46 AM
Found these on the banks of the Santa Ana River today. Yes, I know they are not native. But they are cute.
There's six little ones in there.
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There's six little ones in there.
100_1547 by canyon53ss, on Flickr
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Posted 04 March 2013 - 05:05 AM
Goslings are darling! And Egyption geese are pretty fine looking as well. I understand they're starting to naturalize?
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Posted 04 March 2013 - 05:28 AM
yep, egyptian geese. cute picture
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Posted 04 March 2013 - 06:10 AM
I think California and Florida are in competition for which state has the largest number of breeding invasives. 
These guys might have less impact than 18 foot long snakes, though.
These guys might have less impact than 18 foot long snakes, though.
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Posted 04 March 2013 - 02:15 PM
I HATE INTRODUCED SPECIES>>>>>FROM THE SMALLEST BUG TO THE BIGGEST SNAKE. 
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Posted 04 March 2013 - 03:01 PM
I think it's kind of funny, Egyptian Geese aren't really geese. They're in the shelduck family.
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Posted 04 March 2013 - 07:57 PM
Found these on the banks of the Santa Ana River today. Yes, I know they are not native. But they are cute.
There's six little ones in there.
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Probably the same ones I took pictures of on Saturday
well, maybe. I was at Yorba Regional.I didn't think these guys were too harmful to native species (from something I read). But dunno.
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Posted 05 March 2013 - 02:21 AM
I think it's kind of funny, Egyptian Geese aren't really geese. They're in the shelduck family.
Speaking of which...anyone know what makes a shelduck a shelduck?
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Posted 05 March 2013 - 02:25 AM
Probably the same ones I took pictures of on Saturday
I didn't think these guys were too harmful to native species (from something I read). But dunno.
Ah ha! Were there four little ones when you saw them? I read that on OCBirding I think. Well, now there are six:) I crawled through the wooden fence at the back of Yorba and was walking the trail there. It's such a wonderfully great area because of all the vegetation in the river. I saw a couple things I couldn't even identify.
I was slightly east of the "lake" but on the river trail. They were very carefully guarding their little ones.
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Posted 05 March 2013 - 02:27 AM
I HATE INTRODUCED SPECIES>>>>>FROM THE SMALLEST BUG TO THE BIGGEST SNAKE.
I promise I won't tell them:)
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