Egyptian Geese Landing, Newark, Delaware

In Albums: nature Newark, DE birds wetlands

Two Egpyptian geese landing in a wetland in winter, showing bold white and black on wings and a black ring around the eye, with three ducks in the wetland too

Mar 5th, 2010, by Alex Zorach

These two Egyptian Geese were an unusual sight; I saw them at the University of Delaware Agriculture School, on UD's south campus. I had never seen this species before. This Eurasian species is unlikely to come across the Atlantic; these were most likely escapes.