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BirdPix:   3318
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3322DC
Observer:   Kennedy David
Date of record:   2011-09-30
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   This pair of geese came flying down the Touwsrivier, landed by the hotel swimming pool where we were having coffee, jumped in, and had a thorough bath. They then climbed out. waddled back down to the river's edge, and paddled away. Clearly they have incorporated the swimming pool as a useful feature into their particular and personal habitat.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   89
Species name:   Alopochen aegyptiaca
Common name:   Egyptian Goose -- Kolgans
Family:   Anatidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-3318
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 3318 - photo: 1
VM-number: 3318 - photo: 2
VM-number: 3318 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Jake Mulvaney
Comment:  
Date:   2013-07-19 19:35:04
Species name:   Alopochen aegyptiaca -- Egyptian Goose; Kolgans
Species code:   89

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