Graylag
Jan 12, 2019 16:31:04 #
Part wild, part domestic. There's a few around our home year round but only a fraction of the amount of honkers. They're year round residents.
Jan 12, 2019 18:12:41 #
A new one for me, and what a look he's giving you, Paul! lol Beautiful shot!
Jan 12, 2019 19:40:18 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
A new one for me, and what a look he's giving you, Paul! lol Beautiful shot!
My son, who’s a wildlife biologist, told me they were imported from Europe as pure graylags and have interbred with other species already here, including honkers and various domestic geese. Some of them are huge and have a wingspan that looks to be 5 or 6 feet. So a real heinz 57 bird. Goofy looking things. They are much more wary of us than the local mallards. So graylag is used colloquially here, not scientifically. They’re are fun to watch coming into the pond because compared to the ducks they look like Boing 747’s.
Jan 13, 2019 07:49:40 #
pesfls wrote:
Part wild, part domestic. There's a few around our home year round but only a fraction of the amount of honkers. They're year round residents.
very nice shot of the graylag...I have never seen one before .
Jan 13, 2019 10:15:15 #
merrytexan wrote:
very nice shot of the graylag...I have never seen one before .
Thanks Merry. There are not a lot of them around but you often see a few in the same ponds with some routine.
Jan 13, 2019 14:05:54 #
Jan 14, 2019 14:12:48 #
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