Psilos Wildfowl Photography |
Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) |
Cape Barren geese are found along the southern
coast of Australia and on quite a few offshore islands. Their ability
to drink salt or brackish water allows numbers of geese to remain on
offshore islands all year round. Numbers of the geese do however travel
to farmland pastures on the mainland during the summer looking for food.
In the 1950s numbers fell so low they faced extinction but due to breeding
initiatives they are now no longer threatened in the wild but still
remains one of the rarest geese in the world |
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These geese are really quite vocal and will
aggressively defend their territory. At Martinmere they are not allowed
to roam free like most of the other geese as they would readily threaten
anyone who came too close. |
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