ACTIVITY BUDGETS OF SPURWINGED AND EGYPTIAN GEESE AT BARBERSPAN DURING WINTER

摘要: Summary Halse, S. A. 1985. Activity budgets of Spurwinged and Egyptian Geese at Barberspan during winter. Ostrich 56:104-110. Daily behaviour was studied winter Barbers an, a large lake in the Transvaal. Non-moulting spend about 2 h 1,5h, respectively, feeding farmland surrounding early morning 20 min 30 min, there evening. They return to day. were calculated for all Geese, including both moulting non-moulting birds, Both species most day sleeping on shore relatively little time feeding. proportion this limited open water picking floating Potamogeton pectinatus. Closer habits differ, mostly along shoreline few centimetres deep...