EGYPTIAN GOOSE GALLERY
(Alopochen aegyptiaca)

eBird provides this description of The Egyptian Goose:  Introduced locally from Africa; also a common captive in collections at ornamental lakes and water parks. A distinctive, oddly patterned “goose” (really more closely related to shelducks) usually found in pairs or family groups. Feeds while swimming and by grazing on shore. Note the dark eye patch, buffy breast, and overall gray-and-brown body; white fore-wings striking in flight.

I first saw this bird in the Comal River in front of Betty’s house.  I saw it again at Landa Park and at Lake McQueeney.  Hope you enjoy my photos of this distinctive bird!

April 8, 2020, on the Comal River in front of Betty Dardeau's house in New Braunfels, Texas.
A pair of Egyptian Geese on the Comal River, April 8, 2020.
A pair of Egyptian Geese at Landa Park, April 14, 2020.
An Egyptian Goose sheltering from the wind on the base of the Cypress Tree in front of my house on Lake McQueeney, April 21, 2020.
A pair of Egyptian Geese, at Lake McQueeney, May 5, 2020.