Thank you very much Paul for the information it definitely clears things up. I had a feeling it was a very long shot. Seeing some of the other birds (Snow Geese, Trumpeters and Brant which I didn¡¯t attach) so easily being fed by hand in other pictures made me suspicious. Well I¡¯m just going to have to venture to other parts of the world to add it to my life list. Beatiful bird though.
Thanks again,
Eric
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On Feb 14, 2020, at 8:06 PM, Paul Clapham <
paul.c.clapham@...> wrote:
Yes, I remember those Red-breasted Geese. They were on my life list for a while until I realized that they were captive exotic birds. Like you I was just getting into birding and hadn't mastered some of the important issues yet.
There might have been other exotics there too, but I can't remember what they were. Reifel stopped displaying the exotics soon after that and became a proper wildlife refuge, but I can't remember exactly when that was either.
Paul Clapham
Vancouver
