Friday, 2 November 2012

Duck family

On the north Oxford Canal two months ago this collection of water birds - possibly not "ducks" at all - was swimming along, keeping together in a group.

My handy animal and plant identification book isn't to hand - perhaps I'll have a go at identifying them tomorrow. There seem to be several different species here, unless it's male and female of the same one...
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 November 2012 at 18:06

    Hi Halfie

    They look rather like domestic Geese to me, perhaps inter bred grey with white (hence the odd colouring)

    Beardy Chas

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  2. Vallypee3 November 2012 at 20:38

    I would say they are geese too. Absolutely. The white ones might have crossed with Chinese geese. We see quite a lot of them here,

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  3. Halfie3 November 2012 at 23:22

    Thanks Beardy Chas and Val - I'm glad I suggested they might not have been ducks!

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