Friday, June 7, 2013

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Water Fowl around Boca Raton, Florida

I have come across 2 bird families in our neighborhood. Both are invasive species and like us Immigramts trace their origin to far away places. The first bird is all the way from Egypt. Residents brought them to Florida to make Golf courses look good. We also saw them at a large housing estates on Powerline Road which has a large water features. Not being bothered with fancy names, ( like Mallard Duck) they were named Egyptian Geese!

They really look great and beautiful. This being the season with hatchlings taking there first steps in the world, I came across a family of Egyptian Geese at the public golf course. Daddy was very protective of his family!

I also see that another resident of south Florida came across these fantastic birds.

The same can't be said for the second Invaders. These are Moscovy Ducks and nest around our house ( we too have a water feature ) they have just hatched 10 chicks and look great with Mom and Dad crossing the road with Dad leading the way then the 10 chicks and finally mommy duck hurrying along. I'm guessing they came form Moscow, Russia. These fellows don't have a lot of ornamental beauty, but are fierce fighters, love their territory and family.