We saw a couple of guinea fowl crossed the busy traffic road in front of nearby
library sometimes a week ago.
library sometimes a week ago.
Recently, they are roaming our neighborhood. In fact, the guinea fowls love to travel around.
The birds may walk about a quarter mile (402 meters), and then return to their home base.
Guinea fowl was native to Africa, and relate to other birds such as:
- pheasants
- turkeys
- partridges
- pheasants
- turkeys
- partridges
Scientific name of guinea fowl is Numida sp. The bird has several other common names:
- pintade
- pearl hen
- gleany
- pintade
- pearl hen
- gleany
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Good to see them
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We saw a couple of guinea fowl crossed the busy traffic road in front of nearby library sometimes a week ago.
Is this just a domestic import? We do have turkey here. Sometimes, they take up the whole street.
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ReplyDeletehe things you have to watch for when you drive. We have a lot of deer in our yard too.
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We saw a couple of guinea fowl crossed the busy traffic road in front of nearby library sometimes a week ago.
Never seen one before.
ReplyDeleteOh wow they're so big!
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We saw a couple of guinea fowl crossed the busy traffic road in front of nearby library sometimes a week ago.
Oh very curious animals
ReplyDeleteI've never seen any, there aren't any around here.
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What beautiful visits :)
ReplyDeleteIt's a nice visit. I like watching birds.
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The Guinea Fowl is pretty, I have only seen them in zoos. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a wonderful weekend.
ReplyDeleteWhat a delight to have guinea fowls in your neighborhood! Their distinctive calls are quite intriguing.
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