Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: [tygerberg] Egyptian Geese
Date: Aug 10 18:55:07 2005
From: Diann MacRae - tvulture at vei.net


Hi, Tweets

I receive messages from South Africa regularly; usually about vultures, but
occasionally general stuff. The message below came today and I thought it
amusing to think of the goslings sliding down a drain pipe. Has anyone
here seen geese or ducks (or any other species) that have nested in high
places get down in an unusual way? Just curious.

Cheers, Diann
Olympic Vulture Study
Bothell
tvulture at vei.net



>Organization: Avian Demography Unit, UCT
>To: Cape Birdnet <capebirdnet at yahoogroups.com>,
> Tygerberg Group <tygerberg at yahoogroups.com>
>Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:01:22 +0200
>
>Hi all
>
>This morning saw a pair of EG with 7-8 goslings walking along the
>uppermost ledge
>of Fuller Hall residence on UCT campus. They obviously need to get their
>youngsters to ground level and they seemed to be making quite a fuss about
>this.
>Unfortunatley I couldn't hang around but was reminded of Geoff Lockwood's
>story of
>the pair of EG at Delta Park in Jhb when the parents, in the same
>circumstances,
>managed to get their goslings down to ground level by getting them to
>slide down
>the drian-pipe. Wonder what strategy this pair has conjured up?