These are Siberian Red-breasted Geese. They are the smallest and
most beautiful geese in the world, weighing only about three
pounds. Needless to say, they are very rare.
Red-breasted young at one day old. They have a long way to go
to become the beauties that the parents are, but they are still very
interesting.
At three weeks of
age, the red-breasted young appear clumsy and all legs, but they are
beginning to get feathers and will soon become as beautiful as the
parents.
Being probably the most beautiful duck in the world, the Mandarin is
very closely related to the wood duck, although they are found in
nature half a world apart.
Here's the newest and most unique color mutation of the wood duck,
the Silver Wood Duck.