Dave Phillips
11-19-2008, 08:45 PM
Had the day off and went to a local bayou that runs through town
where there is a nice group of African Geese.
"African geese are not from Africa! They are the same colour as the Chinese goose, and originated in SE China. They were imported into the USA in the nineteenth century, and reached Britain too as the 'Hong Kong' goose in Victorian times. Good examples of the African were more or less lost in the UK in the 20th century. Most Africans here now come from birds imported from the USA from the 1970s onwards. Exhibition Africans are imposing birds, ganders standing one metre tall. Hand reared, they are very tame. There is a great deal of variation in weight. Some varieties are quite small, reaching only 16-20 lbs. Big exhibition birds in the UK and the USA reach 26 lbs - the same as their stated weight in SE China."
from: http://www.ashtonwaterfowl.net/african_geese.htm
They are free in this area and come and go
1D MkIIN, 400 f/5.6L w/1.4X, 1/800, f/8, ISO 400
thanks for c/c
where there is a nice group of African Geese.
"African geese are not from Africa! They are the same colour as the Chinese goose, and originated in SE China. They were imported into the USA in the nineteenth century, and reached Britain too as the 'Hong Kong' goose in Victorian times. Good examples of the African were more or less lost in the UK in the 20th century. Most Africans here now come from birds imported from the USA from the 1970s onwards. Exhibition Africans are imposing birds, ganders standing one metre tall. Hand reared, they are very tame. There is a great deal of variation in weight. Some varieties are quite small, reaching only 16-20 lbs. Big exhibition birds in the UK and the USA reach 26 lbs - the same as their stated weight in SE China."
from: http://www.ashtonwaterfowl.net/african_geese.htm
They are free in this area and come and go
1D MkIIN, 400 f/5.6L w/1.4X, 1/800, f/8, ISO 400
thanks for c/c