Surely those bar-headed geese in Schrevenpark are not wild birds originally. Bar-headed geese commonly breed in Central Asia and spend the winters in India and Pakistan. They would certainly not choose to be here (Kiel is a pretty cold place I am about to find out), so they must have been introduced. Nevertheless,they are very pretty and it's fun to see them so close by. They are not very shy either. We were surprised to see that not all of them are ringed, though. Maybe they breed here? I'll have to check more closely.
That makes an old question arise: When can one consider a species wild? How many generations of wild-life does it take? I mean, strictly speaken, we wouldn't be allowed to count pheasants and canada geese either, right, since they have been introduced?
Bird of the day:
Bar-headed goose - Streifengans - Stripgås - Oie à tête barrée -
Anser indicus
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Nice birds anyway.
Psittacula crameri breeds in Greece.They have been once introduced.
Yes, I think they have been introduced in the city of Cologne as well.
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