Funninly enough I recorded the calls of Egyptian Geese in Qatar last year, a most unusual call in which during flight at least, both the male's and female's were very clearly different. I won't try to explain their calls though (because I simply wouldn't do them justice) but as soon as I can upload them somewhere I'll let them do it, along with all the other stuff I've recorded too
Last May (during our "big day" onslaught in Greater Manchester) I confessed to being impressed by Mr. Rayner's ability to i/d Egyptian goose solely on call, as I could not recall that I myself had ever knowingly heard one.
One of my little local sites, Low Barns (known to the said J.W. Rayner, who normally nods off there), has been graced of late by the presence of three Egyptian Geese, which this morning I zeroed in upon and located on call.
I must confess as I scanned the treetops, I was half expecting to see an approaching squadron of pigs with sore throats, but it was of course two of the said monstrosities joining their semi comatose pal on an islet in Marsden Lake. I listened continuously and with infinite patience for any hint of Sunday's Lesser-spotted Woodpeckers, but alas the calls of the Egyptian Geese proved to be the highlight of a seemingly endless morning.
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