In article <[email hidden]>,
Quoted message said:Bruce Lange said:
As best I can tell, this is the plan of action for Canadian Geese in the
winter:
1) Fly to Denver.
2) Stake out territory along paved bike paths.
3) Peck grass on left of path. Do not [censored].
4) As a cyclist approaches, and not a moment sooner, begin to very slowly
walk across the bike path.
5) [censored] as much as possible while traversing the path, and obstruct the
cyclist at all costs.
6) Don't let the cyclist think you will move at the last second, let them
hit you if they really want.
7) If a cyclist does get a little too close, honk and peck in their
genreal direction.
8) When cyclist has moved past the flock, congregate on the right side of
the path and resume pecking if the grass. Cease pooping.
9) When another cyclist approaches, repeat 4-8 in the opposite direction.
Hahah... I forget what big birds they are, they can certainly block
the way. Mind you, I saw some in DC and they were smaller. Canada
geese come in two sizes; the ones from out west are smaller, the
nothern ones are the big Honkers.
THe thing is that when they migrate back here, they go to the rural
areas and up north so they aren't much of a problem. However, we get
lots and lots of ducks, and our bike paths pass along water. So many
is the time I've had to stop and wait for entire herds of mallards to
cross the bike path. THey're big ducks! Another time, I saw cars
stopped because a mother duck was leading her brood of about 5 or 6
across a road. THey made it across okay. I had to stop and watch-they
were little brown puffballs! It's so hard to resist not scooping them
up!
Speak for yourself. Locally, Canada Geese inhabit several urban and
suburban parks (basically, every park with a lake or pond) in amazing
numbers, and I had a rather bizarre incident at the neighbourhood fish
'n chippery a few years ago in which an aggressive goose made me spill
most of my chips. They verge on being giant-sized pigeons in terms of
nuisance issues in the Vancouver area.
If you see any migratory geese, I'd like to point out they exist in such
quantities locally that well-meaning, apparently sane wildlife officials
organize "egg-addling" events, in which they scare geese off their
nests, shake some of the eggs so they can't hatch, and then move to the
next nest. So if you happen to see any near where you live, please shoot
and eat them for us.
My wife still laughs about the chips incident,
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Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com
Verus de parvis; verus de magnis.
