Sounds like OP may have to wait till the bird molts and enter her in the hen class in a later competition.
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I've always had an interest in this kinda thing, comparative anatomy is an awesome topic & I'll take any excuse to interject about it, hah! But really, I mostly just read a lot & always have, and my fave subjects were always of the nonfiction & zoological (or paleozoological as the case may be) nature. One of my current fave science communicators has a blog I like to keep tabs on, if any of that is also up your alley; Tetropod Zoology!This is fascinating, where does one learn these things?
I've always had an interest in this kinda thing, comparative anatomy is an awesome topic & I'll take any excuse to interject about it, hah! But really, I mostly just read a lot & always have, and my fave subjects were always of the nonfiction & zoological (or paleozoological as the case may be) nature. One of my current fave science communicators has a blog I like to keep tabs on, if any of that is also up your alley; Tetropod Zoology!
As for the wildlife rehab stuff, I went to school for captive animal enrichment (zoo psych) & exotic animal care; wildlife rehab was sort of part & parcel with that! My ma also did a lot of volunteering in that field with a primate center, so I guess I sort of come by it honestly.
There will always be a lot left to learn, but that is a bonus for me!
Ahh, poor goose. I'm not familiar with Indiana unfortunately, but I tried to dig up a few places for you-- a lot of wildlife rehabs can't accept birds of prey or waterfowl right now because of avian flu restrictions.Off topic, but now that I see this I was wondering if you have any ideas for my friend in Indiana. Yesterday evening she was driving and a goose hit her car (the other goose flew low but this one missed). She stayed with it for a few hours trying to call every rehab she could get the number for, but none were answering, and animal control wouldn't come out for a goose.
He was alert and flapping his wings (she took video), and no blood or lost feathers, but he was limping and didn't seem to think he could fly after his mate. She flew back after an hour or so and they were both still hanging out on the grounds of Duke Power Company on Hwy 40 in Plainfield Indiana. She suspected they would stay put as it was quite late when my friend left.
She's still looking for places to call if you might know of anything?