The Egyptian Goose - Everything you need to know about Egyptian Geese
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2020
- The Egyptian Goose is one of the most common bird species in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is not actually a goose but actually a duck and is closely related to Shelducks. Join me on this wildlife adventure all about the Egyptian goose.
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I love egyptian geese🥰🥰🥰 they are one of my favourite birds and are a symbol of loyalty and family for me♥️ so intelligent and protective animals!
Thank you for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed this wildlife documentary about the Egyptian Goose.
Me too
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We have a nesting pair in the retention pond behind my building. I was sure they were ducks but my neighbor thought they could be geese. We looked them up, finally. They are ducks.
I don’t care if they’re invasive. I like them. I especially like when a dog goes for a swim in the retention pond and the ducks immediately dive in and swim toward the offender. A duck never kept me awake at night. The dogs do.
Hi Jody. Thank you very much for watching and I'm hope you enjoyed the video. I have to agree with you, I would far rather hear wild geese than dogs baring all night. hahaha!
I adore geese! I'm among Greylag geese, Canada geese and Egyptian geese regularly and gained their trust and friendship. Egytian geese are nowhere near aggressive at all, they're friendly, lovable, very intelligent, very social, beautiful, all around wonderful creatures, like all geese!
Hi Rapture music, they are not aggressive to humans, but between one another they can have a fierce and somewhat comical rivalry. 😀 They are very social and awesome animals to see in the wild! 😀
@@RobertWedderburn Exactly Robert!
@@RaptureMusicOfficial Geese Lover unite! Always good to read your name. Hope you are doing alright!
Ah, hi, it's you Aristotiles! :) Yep geese lovers unite! @@nostalji75
Another great one short and super informative documentary. Great images as always. Thank you for that!
Thank you very much for watching this documentary Micha! Hope you got to see this species when you were in South Africa! 😀
Very interesting.
We have a pair with 14 gosling right now in our lake in VeroBeach
Fl.
Hi Joan, that's a lot of goslings for a pair to handle! haha! Hope they are doing well and growing! and thank you very much for watching my video!😀
I know I’m a year late but Im like two hours away from you and these ducks have really made their homes here.
Very rude birds😂😂😂chasing my dog around the beach like they'll actually win the fight
Hahaha, yes Roman! They are full of attitude!! Thanks for watching! 😀
I saw one of these in Melbourne, FL. and another one in Gainesville, FL. Very cool looking
Thanks for watching and sharing your experience! That's amazing! Its so strange to think of these in Florida, but it seems they are quite common there.
Lovely production Robert. Very well filmed and edited.
Wish you a pleasant weekend.
Best regards, Knut.
Thank you so much Knut fugl! I'm glad you enjoyed this wildlife documentary! Have a great day! 😀
@@RobertWedderburn
Thank you. ◕‿◕
Fascinating. They're amazing parents!
Thank you for watching Eon!!
There is a flock of them in my pond here in Texas, they are really cool birds
Hey Ry Ag, that sounds amazing! It sounds like you are very lucky to be able to see them so far away from where they originated from. Glad you enjoyed this video!
A pair landed in my back yard lake ..been there for about a month now..I have never seen before here in Houston Texas.
@@fmunoz502 I'm in the Houston metro as well, they are domestic birds that either escaped or were abandoned by their owners. I've also seen wild parrots and even a peacock once. The Egyptian geese I've had on my property have actually been very aggressive towards other birds, as pretty as they are they are non indigenous and not good for our native birds.
You're right! They are agressive..I've seen them expand thier wings to taunt other ducks in the lake..I have not seen them mating or laying eggs..I wonder if they are only here for a short period of time..they are definitely interesting to watch. 😊
There is a family of them at Lake of the Woodlands as well. They get along with all of the mallards.
It's a family of two adults and 5 full grown offspring.
Anyone that thinks Egyptian geese are aggressive and generally nasty has never been around one long enough to realise how wonderful they are. I have a pet one that I've had from an egg and she is wonderful. loves cuddles and comes in the house. She often sits on the sofa with me watching TV and gets alongs with all my animals. Bit of a mad house when you have a ball python, 2 dogs and an Egyptian goose all curled up on one sofa lol. Plus maybe a chicken or two as well XD
Thanks for watching and commenting Bonnie! Yes, I agree with you completely! They do make wonderful animal companions and are often tame like babies. I too have raised and kept geese and can attest to this. Hope you enjoyed the video. Don't forget to subscribe to see more of my wildlife documentaries.
What do you feed him?
We have a pair living in central London on the south bank of the river Thames mooching around and they are much loved! They had 5 babies in 2017 that I photographed on the Thames bank but never saw them again unfortunately.
Thats incredible! I'm sure they are somewhere closeby! 😀
A friend told me whenever they hatch in odd numbers, they all commit suicide by flying high up in the skies and dropping dead since one would miss a partner! Other than let one of them suffer loneliness, they'd rather all die. Strange fact!
@@evebengal Hi Evelyn, If it was true this species would have been extinct a long time ago and I think they would be on the national news every day for causing kamikaze accidents with cars, buildings, and people, etc. Fortunately for us, all this is not the case and but it is a fun romantic fable to tell. :D
We have them as invaders at an popular lake. Hope the local hawks, falcons and owls take care.
Hi There, really enjoyed your video. I have a situation where clients have asked how to get rid of Egyptian Geese ( I know its ridiculous). But i would like to find a non invasive and protective way to be able to remove them with out harming them.
Hi Charline, Thank you for watching, I'm so glad you enjoyed this video and found it helpful! 😃
They are a sedentary species so if you were to relocate them, they would most likely just fly to where they were before. They would also have more competition from other birds in the new area and would either not survive or be forced to leave due to that environment already being at its threshold, and there is nothing stopping them from simply flying back home. The best approach would be for your clients to simply learn to get along with their resident Egyptian Geese, the second approach would be to change the property so that it is no longer an attractive option for the Egyptian Geese, which is a hard task.
I live in Lake Elsinore in California and there is one female Egyptian goose that comes by everyday. She is very sweet to me and comes up to me. Is it normal for an Egyptian goose to be alone like this? She does interact with the Mallards and Canadian geese. But definitely has a feisty side. I named her Lucy
She might have lost her mate or simply hasn't found one yet.
There is one Egyptian goose that hangs out in my backyard near the retention pond. He limps and appears to have an injured foot. I feed him bird seed and he’s gotten pretty comfortable with me. Even waits at my back door around breakfast and dinner. There is another group of about 5 birds just down the way which has me wondering why my bird is always alone. Do you think he’s been alienated because of the injury?
It's hard to say, he might be staying close to the pond because he feels safe there. I might have had an accident or had a fight with another male goose. Though, I don't think he would be alienated because he is hurt.
I feel really bad for the lone one. I just watched a video that says they mate for life. The reason I'm looking into this is because 2 of these lovelies just showed up at my house this past week. I live in Florida. I feed them even if maybe I shouldn't? But they are so loud! And probably wouldn't stop until I go out and feed them
im currently raising one that i rescued. Almost 2 months old and cheeky as hell
Thanks for watching! That's awesome, hope he/she is doing well! They are amazing animals!
We live in Suburbia, and have 1 squawking Goose in the branches of a Tree, right by my window, waking us up each morning @ 4:45am! How can I deter it from staying up on those branches
I’ve seen a bunch of these in Miami!!
That's awesome!! It must be so strange to see them so faraway from their original geographical range.
Just saw two in central Texas today.
Thanks for letting me know Brian! That's awesome!!
An Egyptian Goose showed up in our little lake in South Daytona ( Fla) but it’s alone, will it stay without a mate?
Hi Deborah, is the Egyptian Goose still there? Maybe he is just passing by? It would great to hear from you and see if he is there.
Thanks for Watching!
@@RobertWedderburn ... yes it’s still here, looking back at my pics I realized it’s been here for almost a year now, sadly it’s injured. It’s lost it’s left eye and has a terrible limp on the left foot, local rehabber was contacted but unable to help at this time. I was told to get it used to me and then net it and bring it to them.
@@deborahnader1354 hood luck and keep me posted! Hopefully you will be able to help it out. If it has been there for a year, chances are it’s doing just fine.
I fed a family of seven unsalted peanuts, until they grew up, fledged and left. By the end they grew up enough that they grazed and i could get closer to them, they are nervous birds and that they let me get so close was a honor. Now a new couple has popped up, i feed them pressure cooked feed corn, they love it. Maybe they'll have kids too and stay a bit longer.
What a wonderful story! It must have been wonderful to get so close to them and watch them grow bigger and bigger everyday! Thanks for watching this documentary and for sharing your experience with the fascinating Egyptian Goose!
@@RobertWedderburn Thanks for the info, now maybe i can tell the female from the male.
@@MegaRudeBoy69 all the best of luck! It's very easy once you get the hang of it, and the males and females act very differently with other geese, so it becomes quite easy to tell which are the males and female geese! 😃
@@RobertWedderburn They do have different calls and one is slightly larger than the other, but not by much. Also thanks for telling us that they are more duck than goose. I kept correcting anyone that called them ducks. I guess they are a bit of both and neither, really.
Yip! They are really Shelducks! 😀
I was so hoping they would “walk like an Egyptian” 😊
hahaha!! I'm sorry I disappointed you! 😅
@@RobertWedderburn That’s ok 😊
There’s a flock of them that live near the canal at my apartment in Sunrise, FL. Boy those birds are loud! 😆
That's so awesome! Yes they make a heck of a racket!! 😀
@@RobertWedderburn especially the female! My goodness! 😆
@@RobertWedderburn in fact, there would be several mornings that those Egyptian geese would wake me up by their honking. 😆 I’m like, “Shaddup ya stupid goose!” 😆
@@ThaKingzsouljahPR777 hahaha! We have a dead Blue Gum tree next to our house and there is a flock of them there every night and exactly the same thing happens! They do make very good alarm clocks though! 😂 😂 😂
@@RobertWedderburn somehow my aunt and mom can’t hear em!
I have seen these geese in North Carolina.
I have 2 on top of my roof hissing and honking. Took a quick video. I'm located in FL
Thanks for watching this wildlife documentary! That is so cool! I bet they make a racket in the early morning! You are so privileged to them so close by (Maybe a bit too close for a peaceful night's sleep! hahaha)
They raise their babies in my pool every summer. The babies are aggressive too, they chase adult hadedas.
Hahaha! Yes, Josh, these geese really are full of attitude!!
We have these all over the place in Southern California
That's incredible!!
I've just been given 9 eggs I've two incubators running
We have them in south Florida, the state of invasive animals lol
Thanks for watching! I hope you found it insightful, and yes, if there was a place to be to see invasive species it would most likely be Florida!
Wow
Thank you for watching!
@@RobertWedderburn I love Egyptian geese
How long do they take to mature?
Hi Martin, only a few months, but they are seasonal breeders and breed every spring/summer here in South Africa.
I raised a female Egyptian Goose from a chick and she recently laid 9 unfertilized eggs. Ever since I took the eggs out of the nest, here is a male chasing her and then she chases him away again. I can't figure out what the male's plan is and whether he might want her as a partner? My female keeps a distance from the wild male all the time. This is the first time that a male has stayed here alone for so long. There used to be many wild geese doing their rounds here, but then all of them are pairs.
What would you consider the behavior between the wild male and my tamed female to mean?
How much should goslings eat .. we have one here and it's been a little unstable ..been feeding it oats
Where are you and what's species? There are plenty of helpful articles online. If you are hand-rearing the gosling, you should weigh it every time before feeding and weigh the amount of food you are feeding it. They can be very tricky sometimes, but are usually quite easy to raise. I had one that I kept 2 years ago, that I was trying to rehabilitate. He was doing so well, and then one day, he just lost weight and died. When I got him he was so weak, but we raced to the vet and were able to give him the boost he needed to survive a few more days. Unfortunately, as I said, a few days later, he just got really weak and died. So sometimes, these things happen.
Wishing you all the best with your gosling!
@@RobertWedderburn We're in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He/she is doing great .. I think it was just a bit sleepy.. so far so good !! Feeding nicely outside on all sorts of bits as well as the oats and growing mash. Its getting a little bigger now - we're holding thumbs!
@@ginofab Great news! If you can, try to weigh him with a kitchen scale once or twice a day to keep a record. Then if the gosling starts to lose weight you will immediately know if there is something wrong.
Wishing you all the best and I hope he/she grows up into a healthy adult goose! :D
Love these geese but always upsets me this time of year watching the goslings go from 7 usually down to one survivor 💔 Not sure if it’s the swan, pike in the water or foxes.
Thanks for watching Sarah Jane! Yes, its quite disheartening to see them disappear one by one. They also aren't the most conscientious parents and often do a very bad job of making sure that all the goslings are with them before they move off to the next place. Its survival of the fittest I guess.
I have a Mommy that molted and can't get off the ground with her family. It's been about 4 weeks. Her family comes to visit then leave and she just crys. Her feathers are growing back in faster on one side than the other. Any tips to help her?
Hi Linda, I'm sorry to hear that. Maybe just make sure she has food and water nearby until her feathers grow back.
@@RobertWedderburn , thank you. She does have that. But daddy hasn't brought the family back for 3 days now. We have an Aviary across from us. They have babies there then bring them here until they are off the ground. I'm hoping they are there waiting on her. Right now she's hanging out with Whisters, Mallards, Ibus and Ingrid and us! Thank you for your reply!
@@lindarodriguez7984 They are not the best of parents, and are known for deserting their goslings at the drop of a hat or getting lost and leaving one or two behind. In this case, the male may be close by and she is just hanging around or laying eggs somewhere close by. Its hard to tell, keep an eye out for signs and hoepfully things will work out. She sounds like she is not fazed about it so I wouldn't worry to much about it, just observe. Either way, its very interesting to learn from them and watch their behaviour. All the best of luck!
Can they breed with other species, like mallards?
Hi Marco Alves. Yes, they can. Take a look at this link here for more details.
birdhybrids.blogspot.com/2014/03/egyptian-goose-x-mallard_7.html
I think I have a mating pair of Egyptian geese on my pond here in Arkansas but I don't know how to tell and I want them to stay safe I love watching them and I'd love to see little babies what can I do?
I wouldn't worry too much, rather just let nature be nature. If you would like to witness their babies then you will have to wait till early spring to see them. They are really easy to spot if they have laid their eggs in the area, as once they hatch they will follow the mom around and go everywhere she goes. If you have photos of them, I will be happy to identify them for you. Just drop me a link to a Facebook or google photos album here in the comments and I will identify them for you. I hope this helps!
Enjoy watching your geese! 😀
What do I feed him..? Got a male that made his home next to our pool 😊
They really do well on just grasses and seeds.
I ended up being the foster mom for one of them and even after more than two months, I have no clue if it's male or female. 🤷
Any idea how to distinguish males from females (without checking (yeah, not going to do that. 🙈)) before they're fully grown?
(Somehow I think it's a male. By now he's not only happily chirping and tail wagging at me but also uh grunting? No idea how to call that sound. This is my first bird. And he seems to obsess over me in a weird and very protective way. He doesn't do that with my mother...)
When is the breeding season for Egyption Geese?
Usually in the spring, in the Southern Hemisphere where I filmed these Egyptian Geese, and I would assume it would be the same in the Northern Hemisphere.
If they are really ducks could you not call their young ducklings? I am curious how they became called geese in the first place! We have a pair which have started visiting our golf club (in London UK). They are quite tame and very confident in begging for food!
Why do they wiggle their tails?
They normally wiggle their tails when they are happy to see either other or water off their tails or bodies. Here is a easy-to-read article about why ducks (and geese) wag their tails. :)
www.wikihow.com/Why-Do-Ducks-Wag-Their-Tails#:~:text=They%20often%20wiggle%20their%20tail,lot%20when%20they%20see%20food.&text=Your%20duck%20might%20also%20quack%20at%20you%20as%20they%20waggle%20their%20tail.
What kind of berries do they like? I just fed a pair…
We don't have berries naturally in South Africa, but raspberry, blackberry, black raspberry, strawberries, and blueberries should all be fine to feed them. They must just be fresh and clean.
Interesting,any scientific name for this birds
Thanks for watching Sinka! Their scientific name is Alopochen aegyptiaca.
I have one in my yard in East London, South Africa. Abandoned by the parents, so I'm raising it to be released.
Thanks for watching my video and caring for it! I hope everything goes well with your Egyptian Goose! It sounds like an awesome conservation project to finally release him!
We have a mother and 8 goslings in our pool. No sign of the male. Where could he be
Hi Michele, I have no idea, they aren't the best of parents and have a reputation for just leaving. Has the male come back yet?
Are these bird easy to train as a pet?
Not necessarily, but I wouldn't consider them the easiest bird to train or the most obedient. They tame down just as well as most geese or ducks do.
@@RobertWedderburn will they fly back on command?
and
if they fly away will they return?
@@anshuchil2281 Every animal is an individual and will act differently. Yes, it is possible to own a goose or duck that can imprint strongly on its owner if it is hand-reared, but even then, there is always a chance that the animal will fly away. I wouldn't have high hopes for a goose or a duck flying back to you on command. There are far more trainable animals than these, and I would not recommend them as pets. If you are looking for a pet that is easy to train, then this is not the right animal for you. The Egyptian Goose is a wild animal and protected in its much of its natural range, and is considered an invasive species in many other countries. Hope this helps!
@@RobertWedderburn OOOOHH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EXPLAINING :)
@@anshuchil2281 its a pleasure!!! Thank you for you interest and for watching my video!!
Some of their habitats also include my roof and my pool 😂 they just arrived here a week ago and I'm so happy. What can i feed them?
Hahaha! It sounds like they are very happy living at your place! They really don't need to be fed as they get everything they need from the environment they living in, whether it be natural or residential. Just give them a safe space where they don't feel threatened and they will be more than grateful!
@@RobertWedderburn thank you for the advice. I hope it's okay to bother you with some more questions 😁 i was wondering if I should build them something to nest in? They seem serious about staying here but I'm scared for the ducklings if they decided to lay eggs in my yard. They would basically be trapped by my boundary walls until they can fly and I want to make sure they'll have a safe place to sleep or hide. I'm especially concerned about cats and eagles
@shadesofpurple7283 There is very little you can do to improve their survival success rate and they are notoriously poor parents, so I would expect some of the goslings to not make it to adulthood. Another thought to consider is that goslings are a food source for many potential predators such as raptors, owls, and other wild predators. It's unfortunately just part of nature and often their role in the ecosystem. I would however try advise you to try your best to make sure they are not preyed upon by invasive predators like domestic cats, which wreak havoc on bird populations and have been known o completely annihilate entire bird colonies.
Hope that helps, and please update me to know how it is going. :)
@@RobertWedderburn I'm glad to announce, they are still here. They leave during the day but they sleep here. They quack for food as soon as they see I'm awake in the morning. The female does the cutest "worm charming" dance to show she wants food. They come back everyday at 16:00 for food and they quack again for food at 18:00 then they sleep next to the pool. I've familiarized the ducks with my cat and dog and so far they all just accepted each other. I love them so much already and feeding them brings me so much joy. They only want damp bread that i cut into small squares so they don't choke. I've tried feeding them peas, corn, rabbit pellets and veggies but they only want bread. The ducks have also made friends with my wild hadeda's that live here so I'm more relaxed about their safety in my yard. With the cat, dog and hadedas there are enough warning systems to warn each other of danger
These Egyptian geese are so adorable, i really hope that i can help them thrive while keeping them wild
@@shadesofpurple7283 that's so cool to hear! Where about in the world are you and these lovely geese?
I know the feeling. I have hummingbirds that come to feed everyday at the hummingbird feeder at my house. They get really angry now if the feeder runs out of sugar-water. It brings real joy to your daily routine when you can share it with the wildlife in your area.
We have what looks like well over a hundred of these beautiful Egyptian geese at a small lake , walking distance from our home.
It is a breathtaking sight.
They are absolutely dashing and look like walking works of art.
They are also very sweet natured and eat directly from our hands ! 😊♥️
* We are in the Jensen Beach area in Florida.
Thanks for sharing! They are amazing geese!!
@@RobertWedderburn They’re ducks aren’t they ? :)
Yes, technically they are not geese but shelducks.
@@RobertWedderburn Ah! I see. Very interesting😊🙏
My pleasure!!
It look like they have blood around their eyes
King tut’s geese lol
They’re loud as hell and dumb lol they dont fear humans as much as other ducks you’d think is cause they braver i think is because they are more dumb lol
Haha, thanks for watching!!