I drove past Assiniboine Park here in Winnipeg this morning on the way to my sister's house for Thanksgiving dinner. They have some pretty big fields in Assiniboine Park where there are 4 baseball diamonds, one in each corner of the field. And, the Indian and Pakistani immigrants play Cricket in other fields there during the summer as well.

There musta been at least 500 Canada Geese in one of the fields I drove by. They're gathering together as they do every fall for the long flight south. My understanding is that they will be flying all the way down to Texas over the next few weeks.

If you ever see Canada Geese in a field, and it looks like they're not doing anything (except standing still), they're actually feeding. Canada Geese feel the ground with their feet, and can locate worms and bugs moving through the ground, and dig them up with their strong beaks. That's why when you see them in a field, they won't cluster together like cows generally do. Each bird will hunt for bugs in his/her own territory. They'll stand still for a minute, walk a few feet and stand still again, and keep doing that for hours.

Geese Joke:
When Canada Geese fly south, they always form a "V" formation. But, one side of the V will typically be longer than the other. Why is that?
Answer: Cuz there's more geese on that side.

Giraffe Joke:
Why is a giraffe's neck so long?
Answer: Well, if it's neck were any shorter, it wouldn't reach it's head.

On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 02:16:44 +0200, nestork
wrote:


I drove past Assiniboine Park here in Winnipeg this morning on the way
to my sister's house for Thanksgiving dinner. They have some pretty big
fields in Assiniboine Park where there are 4 baseball diamonds, one in
each corner of the field. And, the Indian and Pakistani immigrants play
Cricket in other fields there during the summer as well.

There musta been at least 500 Canada Geese in one of the fields I drove
by. They're gathering together as they do every fall for the long
flight south. My understanding is that they will be flying all the way
down to Texas over the next few weeks.

If you ever see Canada Geese in a field, and it looks like they're not
doing anything (except standing still), they're actually feeding.
Canada Geese feel the ground with their feet, and can locate worms and
bugs moving through the ground, and dig them up with their strong beaks.
That's why when you see them in a field, they won't cluster together
like cows generally do. Each bird will hunt for bugs in his/her own
territory.

Joke:
When Canada Geese fly south, they always for a "V" formation. But, one
side of the V will typically be longer than the other. Why is that?

Answer: Cuz there's more geese on that side.
I wish ALL the geese here would fly south and forget how to come
back. Around here about hald "over-winter" in our urban parks. We call
them "flying dogs" - for several obvious reasons.

On 10/13/2014 8:09 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 02:16:44 +0200, nestork
wrote:


I drove past Assiniboine Park here in Winnipeg this morning on the way
to my sister's house for Thanksgiving dinner. They have some pretty big
fields in Assiniboine Park where there are 4 baseball diamonds, one in
each corner of the field. And, the Indian and Pakistani immigrants play
Cricket in other fields there during the summer as well.

There musta been at least 500 Canada Geese in one of the fields I drove
by. They're gathering together as they do every fall for the long
flight south. My understanding is that they will be flying all the way
down to Texas over the next few weeks.

If you ever see Canada Geese in a field, and it looks like they're not
doing anything (except standing still), they're actually feeding.
Canada Geese feel the ground with their feet, and can locate worms and
bugs moving through the ground, and dig them up with their strong beaks.
That's why when you see them in a field, they won't cluster together
like cows generally do. Each bird will hunt for bugs in his/her own
territory.

Joke:
When Canada Geese fly south, they always for a "V" formation. But, one
side of the V will typically be longer than the other. Why is that?

Answer: Cuz there's more geese on that side.
I wish ALL the geese here would fly south and forget how to come
back. Around here about hald "over-winter" in our urban parks. We call
them "flying dogs" - for several obvious reasons.


I agree with you the damn things are staying the winter in SE Iowa now
and some of the picked corn fields are full of them. They also appear to
be about half tame and will come right up to your deck in your back yard.

wrote:

I wish ALL the geese here would fly south and forget how to come
back. Around here about hald "over-winter" in our urban parks. We call
them "flying dogs" - for several obvious reasons.

http://missoulian.com/news/local/osp...ed-nest-above-
missoula-baseball-stadium/article_0672f7f8-bebb-11e3-830f-001a4bcf887a.html

http://snipurl.com/29cbjud

The high profile osprey got some help in their war with the geese but the
pair down the road from me weren't as lucky. The first year that I saw the
goose in their nest I wondered what would happen when the osprey showed up.
They perched on an adjacent pole and glared a lot but I never saw them
attack the goose.

Geese aren't into home repairs, so sooner or later the nest falls apart, the
goose goes elsewhere, and the osprey can rebuild.

Cuz they crap all over everything as they fly over.

On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 03:50:41 +0200, nestork
wrote:


;3295745 Wrote:

I wish ALL the geese here would fly south and forget how to come
back. Around here about hald "over-winter" in our urban parks. We call
them "flying dogs" - for several obvious reasons.

Cuz they crap all over everything as they fly over.
Not flying over - they just crap everywhere they go - grass in, crap
out - and it is greasy , stinky, crap.
Yes, and they guard their territory like a junkyard mutt.

On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:09:33 -0400, wrote:


I wish ALL the geese here would fly south and forget how to come
back. Around here about hald "over-winter" in our urban parks. We call
them "flying dogs" - for several obvious reasons.

In the Balt-Washington area also, a lot of people consider them a
nuisance.

On 10/13/2014 09:09 PM, wrote:
I wish ALL the geese here would fly south and forget how to come
back. Around here about hald "over-winter" in our urban parks. We call
them "flying dogs" - for several obvious reasons.


http://allrecipes.com/recipes/meat-a...e-meats/goose/

"micky" wrote in message

On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:09:33 -0400, wrote:


I wish ALL the geese here would fly south and forget how to come
back. Around here about hald "over-winter" in our urban parks. We call
them "flying dogs" - for several obvious reasons.

In the Balt-Washington area also, a lot of people consider them a
nuisance.

Throughout their entire area, a lot of the geese consider people a
nuisance.

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On 10/14/2014 7:48 AM, dadiOH wrote:
I wish ALL the geese here would fly south and forget how to come
back. Around here about hald "over-winter" in our urban parks. We call
them "flying dogs" - for several obvious reasons.

In the Balt-Washington area also, a lot of people consider them a
nuisance.

Throughout their entire area, a lot of the geese consider people a
nuisance.


Who got here first? Migratory birds or
Europeans?


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On 10/13/2014 9:09 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 02:16:44 +0200, nestork
wrote:


I drove past Assiniboine Park here in Winnipeg this morning on the way
to my sister's house for Thanksgiving dinner. They have some pretty big
fields in Assiniboine Park where there are 4 baseball diamonds, one in
each corner of the field. And, the Indian and Pakistani immigrants play
Cricket in other fields there during the summer as well.

There musta been at least 500 Canada Geese in one of the fields I drove
by. They're gathering together as they do every fall for the long
flight south. My understanding is that they will be flying all the way
down to Texas over the next few weeks.

If you ever see Canada Geese in a field, and it looks like they're not
doing anything (except standing still), they're actually feeding.
Canada Geese feel the ground with their feet, and can locate worms and
bugs moving through the ground, and dig them up with their strong beaks.
That's why when you see them in a field, they won't cluster together
like cows generally do. Each bird will hunt for bugs in his/her own
territory.

Joke:
When Canada Geese fly south, they always for a "V" formation. But, one
side of the V will typically be longer than the other. Why is that?

Answer: Cuz there's more geese on that side.
I wish ALL the geese here would fly south and forget how to come
back. Around here about hald "over-winter" in our urban parks. We call
them "flying dogs" - for several obvious reasons.


A lot of them don't come back.
"Resident" flocks in the US have increased considerably.
They were pests at one site I used to work at. Workers would have to
come out in the morning to sweep the goose crap off the sidewalks and
they used a remote plane to fly over geese on our pond and chase them off.
Regular migrating Canada's have been largely supplanted by snow geese
which tear up the marshes here in Delaware and hunters report that those
feeding there and shot taste like crap.

On 10/14/2014 8:07 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:

Who got here first? Migratory birds or
Europeans?


I did not even know there was a race.

Canada Geese are also a danger to aviation. They hunt and feed on insects in the ground by feeling the ground with their feet, and airports generally have large grassed areas between the runways. Those large open grass areas are attractive to geese as feeding grounds. The problem is that when planes take off and land, the vibrations in the ground scare the birds into flight, and they can get sucked into jet engines, damaging the engine and potentially causing the plane to crash. That's exactly what happened in New York when that plane had to ditch in the Hudson River.

I expect that all of the runways at commercial airports are paved with concrete rather than asphalt. If airports simply paved the large grassed areas between the concrete runways with asphalt, that would eliminate the goose problem. Not only wouldn't there be any bugs under that asphalt, but the geese wouldn't be able to hunt for bugs through that asphalt either. It wouldn't be attractive to them as a feeding ground.

Canada Geese are also a nuisance on golf courses because they crap all over the golf greens.

On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 03:50:41 +0200, nestork
wrote:


;3295745 Wrote:

I wish ALL the geese here would fly south and forget how to come
back. Around here about hald "over-winter" in our urban parks. We call
them "flying dogs" - for several obvious reasons.

Cuz they crap all over everything as they fly over.

A prison camp in Allenwood, PA has an inmate work detail called "Poop
Patrol". All they do is keep the facility grounds cleaned :-)

The geese get very aggressive if you approach their nest.

.....
_Crazy Goose Attacks a Dog on a Fishing Boat_

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNAOORJlCZY
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 08:16:12 -0400, Frank
wrote:

they used a remote plane to fly over geese on our pond and chase them off.

Check out the Goosinator:

http://www.goosinator.com/
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Considering how large these geese grow (every bit of 15 pounds), and how many of them there are, I'm wondering if some hunters wouldn't use them for their Thanksgiving Day meal. I don't hunt, so I don't know if they're considered a "game" bird or not. I just know that they seem to be very plentiful.

Also, I expect a good size canine retriever would have no trouble dragging a 15 pound dead weight back out of the water and over land.

On 10/14/2014 5:57 PM, nestork wrote:
Considering how large these geese grow (every bit of 15 pounds), and how
many of them there are, I'm wondering if some hunters wouldn't use them
for their Thanksgiving Day meal. I don't hunt, so I don't know if
they're considered a "game" bird or not. I just know that they seem to
be very plentiful.

Also, I expect a good size canine retriever would have no trouble
dragging a 15 pound dead weight back out of the water and over land.





Canada goose tastes great. Roast with an onion and an apple in the
cavity and maybe a couple of slices of bacon across the breast.

On 10/14/2014 7:07 PM, Frank wrote:

Canada goose tastes great. Roast with an onion and an apple in the
cavity and maybe a couple of slices of bacon across the breast.

Duck Al Infidel?

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Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 10/14/2014 7:07 PM, Frank wrote:

Canada goose tastes great. Roast with an onion and an apple in the
cavity and maybe a couple of slices of bacon across the breast.

Duck Al Infidel?

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.
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Learn about Jesus
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.
Long ago goose was the bird of choice on holidays; turkey was what you
ate if you couldn't afford a goose. Things change, and now the turkey
has been bred to be popular, and you don't even find geese at the
poultry place.

I don't know if Canadian geese would be good eating. They're probably
hard to clean.

On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 13:52:25 -0400, No name wrote:

don't know if Canadian geese would be good eating. They're probably
hard to clean.

There are no Canadian geese. Look for or hunt for Canada geese

On 10/15/2014 2:15 PM, Oren wrote:
On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 13:52:25 -0400, No name wrote:

don't know if Canadian geese would be good eating. They're probably
hard to clean.

There are no Canadian geese. Look for or hunt for Canada geese


Have you checked their passports?

On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:03:39 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 10/15/2014 2:15 PM, Oren wrote:
On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 13:52:25 -0400, No name wrote:

don't know if Canadian geese would be good eating. They're probably
hard to clean.

There are no Canadian geese. Look for or hunt for Canada geese


Have you checked their passports?

That would be profiling, right?
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On 10/15/2014 3:14 PM, Oren wrote:
On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:03:39 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
There are no Canadian geese. Look for or hunt for Canada geese


Have you checked their passports?

That would be profiling, right?


Only if they are minorites?

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Learn about Jesus
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You have to wonder which is worse; the Mexicans coming across the US's southern border or the geese coming across the US's northern border.

Both will take a crap almost anywhere and neither will clean up after themselves.

Neither speaks English well enough to qualify for citizenship.

The geese, at least, don't go to publically funded hospitals or send their kids to schools paid for by US taxpayers, so they're not a burden on society.

Mexicans, on the other hand, don't often get sucked into jet engines at airports during take offs and landings.

"nestork" wrote in message
...

I drove past Assiniboine Park here in Winnipeg this morning on the way
to my sister's house for Thanksgiving dinner. They have some pretty big
fields in Assiniboine Park where there are 4 baseball diamonds, one in
each corner of the field. And, the Indian and Pakistani immigrants play
Cricket in other fields there during the summer as well.

There musta been at least 500 Canada Geese in one of the fields I drove
by. They're gathering together as they do every fall for the long
flight south. My understanding is that they will be flying all the way
down to Texas over the next few weeks.

If you ever see Canada Geese in a field, and it looks like they're not
doing anything (except standing still), they're actually feeding.
Canada Geese feel the ground with their feet, and can locate worms and
bugs moving through the ground, and dig them up with their strong beaks.
That's why when you see them in a field, they won't cluster together
like cows generally do. Each bird will hunt for bugs in his/her own
territory.

I have never heard of Canada Geese to dig up and eat bugs. All that I have
seen them do is to mow the grass or scavenge spilled grain in a harvested
field. Every spring I have them on my lawn, and the only things that dig in
the lawn are skunks and raccoons.

On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:28:33 -0400, "EXT"
wrote:

If you ever see Canada Geese in a field, and it looks like they're not
doing anything (except standing still), they're actually feeding.
Canada Geese feel the ground with their feet, and can locate worms and
bugs moving through the ground, and dig them up with their strong beaks.
That's why when you see them in a field, they won't cluster together
like cows generally do. Each bird will hunt for bugs in his/her own
territory.

I have never heard of Canada Geese to dig up and eat bugs. All that I have
seen them do is to mow the grass or scavenge spilled grain in a harvested
field. Every spring I have them on my lawn, and the only things that dig in
the lawn are skunks and raccoons.

I agree. As far as I know they do not eat bugs and insects. Maybe they
do but I've not witnessed it.

On Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:33:56 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:28:33 -0400, "EXT"
wrote:

If you ever see Canada Geese in a field, and it looks like they're not
doing anything (except standing still), they're actually feeding.
Canada Geese feel the ground with their feet, and can locate worms and
bugs moving through the ground, and dig them up with their strong beaks.
That's why when you see them in a field, they won't cluster together
like cows generally do. Each bird will hunt for bugs in his/her own
territory.

I have never heard of Canada Geese to dig up and eat bugs. All that I have
seen them do is to mow the grass or scavenge spilled grain in a harvested
field. Every spring I have them on my lawn, and the only things that dig in
the lawn are skunks and raccoons.

I agree. As far as I know they do not eat bugs and insects. Maybe they
do but I've not witnessed it.
They are primarily herbivors, but will occaisionally eat the odd bug
that gets mixed in with the grass and grain. They are not known to
pursue a meat diet.

On Thu, 16 Oct 2014 17:52:59 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:33:56 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:28:33 -0400, "EXT"
wrote:

If you ever see Canada Geese in a field, and it looks like they're not
doing anything (except standing still), they're actually feeding.
Canada Geese feel the ground with their feet, and can locate worms and
bugs moving through the ground, and dig them up with their strong beaks.
That's why when you see them in a field, they won't cluster together
like cows generally do. Each bird will hunt for bugs in his/her own
territory.

I have never heard of Canada Geese to dig up and eat bugs. All that I have
seen them do is to mow the grass or scavenge spilled grain in a harvested
field. Every spring I have them on my lawn, and the only things that dig in
the lawn are skunks and raccoons.

I agree. As far as I know they do not eat bugs and insects. Maybe they
do but I've not witnessed it.
They are primarily herbivors, but will occaisionally eat the odd bug
that gets mixed in with the grass and grain. They are not known to
pursue a meat diet.

As an aside, I never heard they "could detect bugs moving through the
ground, and dig them up with their strong beaks. That's why when you
see them in a field, they won't cluster together like cows generally
do. Each bird will hunt for bugs in his/her own territory.'

We're not speaking of chickens...!

On 10/16/2014 5:32 PM, Oren wrote:
....

As an aside, I never heard they "could detect bugs moving through the
ground, and dig them up with their strong beaks. That's why when you
see them in a field, they won't cluster together like cows generally
do. Each bird will hunt for bugs in his/her own territory.'
....

That's just totally bogus methinks...that they don't "cluster together"
is simply that they're territorial and don't do so as a general practice.

They're not hunting bugs, they're basically grazing on green plants such
as grass or winter wheat or taking grain left after harvest in stubble
fields.

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On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:28:33 -0400, "EXT"
wrote:

If you ever see Canada Geese in a field, and it looks like they're
not
doing anything (except standing still), they're actually feeding.
Canada Geese feel the ground with their feet, and can locate worms
and
bugs moving through the ground, and dig them up with their strong
beaks. That's why when you see them in a field, they won't cluster
together like cows generally do. Each bird will hunt for bugs in
his/her own territory.

I have never heard of Canada Geese to dig up and eat bugs. All that I
have seen them do is to mow the grass or scavenge spilled grain in a
harvested field. Every spring I have them on my lawn, and the only
things that dig in the lawn are skunks and raccoons.

I agree. As far as I know they do not eat bugs and insects. Maybe they
do but I've not witnessed it.

I cannot definitively say yay or nay about them but based upon my
experience in raising 25-30 baby, orphaned Muscovy ducks, I would say they
do,

When they were little, they would wander around picking mosquitoes off the
under side of leaves...they would jump up to grab spiders from the
underside of a cap block on a knee wall...any sow bug climbing the wall
was a sure goner. One of them - Bo - could spot a moth miller from 20'
away.

They had a large mortar tub filled with water for bathing. The ground
under it was always damp from their splashing and when I would dump it to
fill with clean water, there were always worms...the ducks would come
running.

When they were at our pond, they spent much time rooting around the
shoreline grabbing invertebrates/larvae including small crawdads. One of
our cats sneaked out onetime and I was trying to entice him back in by
tossing him canned tuna. He never got any, the ducks ate it.

That doesn't mean they didn't eat plants, they grazed on grass like a herd
of goats. Loved lettuce. Peas and corn too, especially corn.

All the above applies to Peking ducks too, had one of those for a while
after an alligator or snapping turtle had taken off one lof her legs.


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Well, the point is...

...there was an awful lot of geese in that field!

On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:03:19 +0200, nestork
wrote:

..there was an awful lot of geese in that field!

Have they flown South yet?

Haven't been back to Assiniboine Park since last Monday, but around this time of year I often see geese in flight over
Winnipeg. And, typically they're in that "V" formation.