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It is a rather rare bird in Poland, although each year it can be observed in our country. It occurs in Africa, from the Mediterranean sea to the Republic of South Africa. In Africa it can be seen in parks and photographed so easily as mallards in Poland. It has been successfully reintroduced in Western Europe. Egyptian geese reach up to 2.5 kg in weight with a wingspan of 1.5 m. It’s a pity that the birds were very skittish (they were accompanied by greater white-fronted geese and graylag geese), and the light was not very intense yet, which did not enable me to take some better quality pictures, even with the use of a converter. Thus these few photos initiate a gallery of this species on my website.
Last minute news – 07/2015
The Egyptian goose seems to be omnipresent in the Netherlands. They can be seen in small flocks grazing on the meadows, but always away from the road. I took a few pictures which I added to the gallery.
Last minute news - South Africa 02/2017
After returning from South Africa there was a change in Egyptian goose galleries. This was my third contact with this species. After two earlier, however, I did not have good enough and interesting photos to mark the gallery as satisfactory, of two-star quality. In the meantime, in South Africa the birds allowed to approach so close, the light was so good that the new photos introduced a new quality in the presentation of this species on my site. I have added also the soundtrack of the voice of the bird recorded.
Last minute news-Ethiopia-12-2019
Last minute news-09/2022-London
I have already written about the attraction of photographing birds in parks of large cities on my website when I photographed in the Royal Baths Park in Warsaw. I always like to return to this park, especially in autumn. St. James's Park exceeded my wildest expectations. Despite the fact that its area is a field of our Royal Baths Park, or maybe because of that, it was possible to observe dozens of species of birds there. They could be photographed without any camouflage and sometimes from very close range. Grey Herons reduced the distance to a few meters. Unfortunately, there were three limitations on this day. The first was time limited. Unfortunately, my stay in London was very short and I could not devote more than less than 3 hours to photographing birds. The second limitation was the light. At the time I had the pleasure of photographing there was quite harsh, contrasty light and this was not conducive to taking very good photos. The third impediment was the approaching day of the Queen's funeral. Not only was London overcrowded with people, but also the park itself where people were literally rubbing up against each other and there were thousands of them. Probably will have to return there, because as befits a large metropolitan area, London has several parks and who knows what else will be observed and photographed there? For a short stay there, the result is impressive. I've added a new gallery of a bird belonging to the fauna of Poland and it is the White-headed Duck (393/467). This bird has appeared in Poland less than 20 times, so it is a great rarity in our country. A gallery was also created of Ross's Goose. I also added photos to the gallery of the Red-breasted Goose, Egyptian goose and Eastern gray squirrel. Here I am most pleased with the photos of the Red-breasted Goose. Such a beautiful bird, until now had only a few documentary photos taken from a considerable distance. Finally, here there are changes after 8 years, the gallery changes its design and the quality status of the photos. This text is common to all galleries created and changed after a visit to the park in London.
Last minute news-11/12-2022 – Botswana