Posted by gibson on May 24, 2003 at 15:36:48:
In Reply to: Re: Egyptian Geese (?) posted by Dart Humeston on March 04, 2003 at 13:11:28:
:i saw three in my back yard on 5/24 off Grifen and 163rd ave in SouthWeat Ranches
: : On Sunday I saw a pair of unusual geese that landed in a lake at Cypress Bend condominiums in Pompano Beach. A male and female, they had "spectacles" of brown around their eyes, buff-colored breasts with a dark brown patch in the middle, rust-colored wing feathers, dark tail feathers, bright pink feet and bills that were white and pinkish. I referred to the Sibley guide and found a match under Exotics -- Egyptian Goose, which Sibley says can occasionally be found in California.