Yes, it is odd for a common bird like a Canada Goose. Maybe from a wildfowl collection where they just wanted to keep tabs on an individual bird. Or it may have been bred in captivity. There are at least two local collections that I know of, one near Bent's Garden Centre and the other at Grange Farm a bit further along the E Lancs Road. Not sure whether any birds are ringed or indeed free flying. They are in open enclosures but may be pinioned.
Rob Creek said
Tue Feb 9 9:05 AM, 2021
Steve Christmas wrote:
These 'spiral' rings were used before darvic plastic rings came in. Also used by bird keepers so I suspect this bird is from a collection.
Which begs the question... why would someone keep a plain old Canada Goose in a captive collection and bother to ring it with what looks to be the type of ring used for a collection of possibly ornamental or exotic species? Or is it not just a Canada Goose, is there a chance that this is one of the rarer subspecies that was being kept as such in a collection? I know, I know, I didnt mean it was a possible wild vagrant, I had to ask though!
Steve Christmas said
Mon Feb 8 2:31 PM, 2021
These 'spiral' rings were used before darvic plastic rings came in. Also used by bird keepers so I suspect this bird is from a collection.
Mike Crawley said
Sun Feb 7 5:34 PM, 2021
Looks more like some plumbers detritus
John Roberts said
Sun Feb 7 4:13 PM, 2021
Thanks, I wonder why someone would put one on a canada goose though? Odd.
Paul A Brown said
Sun Feb 7 3:35 PM, 2021
These spiral type rings are often used on domestic poultry.
John Roberts said
Sun Feb 7 2:26 PM, 2021
Hi All
There is a canada goose resident on the lake at Lakeside (just off Manchester road near Goshen fields) which has an odd looking yellow "ring". It is actually a spiral of what looks to be yellow plastic, similar to the coiled flex you get on a phone handset. To me it looks too thin to be electric flex, & yellow would be an unusual colour for that too. It looks too neat to be an accidental entanglement. It does not appear to have any lettering. I can't find any reference to this type of ring. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, John. Looks like a regular 'greater' Canada Goose to me.
Hi, I don't know about rare sub species of canada goose, but here's a bigger picture of the one in question.
Cheers
P.S. I have no idea why my photos are rotated 90 degrees when I attach them on here...
-- Edited by John Roberts on Tuesday 9th of February 2021 02:52:41 PM
Yes, it is odd for a common bird like a Canada Goose. Maybe from a wildfowl collection where they just wanted to keep tabs on an individual bird. Or it may have been bred in captivity. There are at least two local collections that I know of, one near Bent's Garden Centre and the other at Grange Farm a bit further along the E Lancs Road. Not sure whether any birds are ringed or indeed free flying. They are in open enclosures but may be pinioned.
Which begs the question... why would someone keep a plain old Canada Goose in a captive collection and bother to ring it with what looks to be the type of ring used for a collection of possibly ornamental or exotic species? Or is it not just a Canada Goose, is there a chance that this is one of the rarer subspecies that was being kept as such in a collection?
I know, I know, I didnt mean it was a possible wild vagrant, I had to ask though!
These 'spiral' rings were used before darvic plastic rings came in. Also used by bird keepers so I suspect this bird is from a collection.
Thanks, I wonder why someone would put one on a canada goose though? Odd.
These spiral type rings are often used on domestic poultry.
Hi All
There is a canada goose resident on the lake at Lakeside (just off Manchester road near Goshen fields) which has an odd looking yellow "ring". It is actually a spiral of what looks to be yellow plastic, similar to the coiled flex you get on a phone handset. To me it looks too thin to be electric flex, & yellow would be an unusual colour for that too. It looks too neat to be an accidental entanglement. It does not appear to have any lettering. I can't find any reference to this type of ring. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
John