They weren't here when I was young but they are now. Seem to be right in their path now and I love them. They are so pretty.....noisey though. LOL...
I love to watch since it seems like if I got on my roof I could pick one off with my hand.....guess I'm lucky I haven't gotten a dropping in my eye. LOL
2007-10-30 10:11:01 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Socko....I saw that in Naperville.....the traffic stopped to let the geese across....loved it. I remember having a main highway stop in Nebraska to let wild turkeys cross......
Sorry.....just love wild life.
2007-10-30 10:32:55 · update #1
Thousands of them.
They may be pretty and nice to look at but each one of them produces 3 pounds of "you know what" a day.
Multiply that out and you will see what a mess they are. They have also polluted several small ponds and lakes around where I live with all of their "recycling". Some of the towns have started putting out dogwalkers with dogs specifically trained to chase them. Not catch them, understand, but chase them so they will leave.
2007-10-30 15:17:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
We never had Canadian geese in the San Francisco Bay Area until a couple of years ago. I started noticing them at the local parks -hundreds and hundreds of them! And the park maintenance people are not very happy with them. I hear them going overhead too. I think for the most part they have left the area, but there are a few still lingering. Makes me wonder why they suddenly appeared here.
2007-10-30 12:41:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Canada geese are a dime a dozen in my backyard. Since I live in southern Ontario, I guess that is not surprising. They make a mess of the Toronto waterfront, and the residents in their expensive condos have screamed loud enough to have the Toronto government trucking them out every summer, claiming that they are "a health hazard". I don't know what they do with them.
I REALLY like seeing the blue herons on the water of the river in the ravine behind my property. Now THEY are worth watching!
2007-10-30 10:23:51 · answer #3 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I live in a Chicago suburb. Canadian geese are here most of the year. They mate for life. They have their cute fluffy babies here and I watch them grow into adults and fly in the fall. It is fun watching them practice flying. They are good fliers now. They are my favorite birds.
They live in the city very well and the traffic(sometimes 4-6 lanes) all stop for them to cross the street. There are a lot of ponds in the Chicago area.
2007-10-30 10:19:44 · answer #4 · answered by Ruth 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
We are under their flyway. Many years ago, one was injured during the annual migration. We have a small organization which takes care of injured wild life and restores them to health. This particular goose was made well and then found a home in the Twin Lakes portion of one of Las Vegas' city parks. Swimming among the ducks, he looked like a sumo wrestler in a band of pygmies. LOL!
2007-10-30 11:43:07 · answer #5 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
We have tons of geese here - whether they are Canadian or not, I don't know - can't tell one goose from another! lol
And yes, they are noisy...they DO sound like a gabbing gal's picnic as some say :-)
We also have wild turkey - in fact one hopped/flew across the road one night and daggum near scared me s**tless! LOL
2007-10-30 11:47:49 · answer #6 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As I watch them fly over in formation, I always get the urge to join them. I'm a natural born snowbird. I've managed to spend the past three winter south of the snow line but not able to this winter so I will yearn once more.
2007-10-30 11:53:41 · answer #7 · answered by Dianne m 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes,I have Canadian geese here..I love wildlife. The biggest threat we have now is that Avian Bird Flu,they are now checking the birds in Connecticut(Getting close) no treat so far..Just don't step in the feces (big disease spreader) I just got my car washed,woke up this morning and there was a huge feces splat on my hood...Yuk!
2007-10-30 12:32:58 · answer #8 · answered by mj 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not exactly in the neighborhood, but there are many near our business buildings. When I was working, I went for a walk and saw the mommy goose and behind her were the cutest little goslings that you ever saw. So cute. We wait for them to cross too. I saw one on the road that did not make it and I got this awful tug in the pit of my stomach. Poor little fella.
2007-10-30 11:10:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Huh, I can't hear you---Who's honking at me,where is my pooper skooper. I used to watch as many as 200 land in my pasture before I lost count. Many have stopped migrating and stick around because there is abundant food and if it runs out people feed them. They are pretty but the also poo mass quantities and can cause fungus etc. They also mate for life so if someone shoots one the mate will hang there till it starves, I have seen it more than once.
2007-10-30 10:18:23 · answer #10 · answered by lilabner 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋