Egyptian Goose - Alopochen aegyptiacus
I am glad I got a shot of one of these in Africa rather than at Holkham Hall or some other stately home in the UK. There is a fairly substantial population of these derived from wildfowl collection escapes back home. Here the original goose on its original continent.
I have seen reliefs of Pharoes hunting geese with sticks ! These then are the fellows. You must be quite brave to be a goose in Africa with all the potential threats to life and limb. So we have the wild African goose - at home near the Mara River.
Serengetti, Tanzania
July 2012
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