Comments on: Geese http://www.littledee.net/?p=6953 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 05:11:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jill Serpentelli http://www.littledee.net/?p=6953&cpage=1#comment-11533 Jill Serpentelli Thu, 17 Mar 2016 23:14:27 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=6953#comment-11533 The problem here at the Jersey Shore is it seems the Canada Geese have lost their migration instinct - between golf courses and office parks; they've found a paradise of sorts here for them, so why leave? And the humans are faced with tons of poop and their eating up our lawns. :( They're also nasty-tempered, so don't get too close! The problem here at the Jersey Shore is it seems the Canada Geese have lost their migration instinct – between golf courses and office parks; they’ve found a paradise of sorts here for them, so why leave? And the humans are faced with tons of poop and their eating up our lawns. :( They’re also nasty-tempered, so don’t get too close!

]]> By: christopher http://www.littledee.net/?p=6953&cpage=1#comment-11527 christopher Wed, 16 Mar 2016 23:22:27 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=6953#comment-11527 @CRM, well, it seems that the American Birding Association and Oxford American Dictionary need to sit down and have words. :) @CRM, well, it seems that the American Birding Association and Oxford American Dictionary need to sit down and have words. :)

]]> By: CRM http://www.littledee.net/?p=6953&cpage=1#comment-11526 CRM Wed, 16 Mar 2016 21:38:21 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=6953#comment-11526 The official English-language name for the species <i>Branta canadensis</i> according to the American Ornithologists Union and the American Birding Association (both of which are accepted in Canada) is Canada Goose. They still can be kind of nasty, especially the non-migrant populations. The official English-language name for the species Branta canadensis according to the American Ornithologists Union and the American Birding Association (both of which are accepted in Canada) is Canada Goose.

They still can be kind of nasty, especially the non-migrant populations.

]]> By: Kelly McNutt http://www.littledee.net/?p=6953&cpage=1#comment-11525 Kelly McNutt Tue, 15 Mar 2016 22:01:15 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=6953#comment-11525 Around here they're known as "Sky Carp". Around here they’re known as “Sky Carp”.

]]> By: PatiVZ http://www.littledee.net/?p=6953&cpage=1#comment-11524 PatiVZ Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:53:56 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=6953#comment-11524 They migrate over our house going South and North, and overnight in large ponds a block away. They are magnificent flying over, and landing & taking off, but once they are here! The noise! The poop!.....Captured really well here Chris! They migrate over our house going South and North, and overnight in large ponds a block away. They are magnificent flying over, and landing & taking off, but once they are here! The noise! The poop!…..Captured really well here Chris!

]]> By: Ben http://www.littledee.net/?p=6953&cpage=1#comment-11522 Ben Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:17:38 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=6953#comment-11522 Funniest thing I ever saw was Canadian Geese flock landing on a iced-over pond in Michigan. The landings were comical. Geese slid and crashed into each other causing all sorts of squabbles and fights as pissed-off geese chased and nipped at the offending geese that crashed into them. All this while they slid around on an icy pond. Absolutely hilarious. Funniest thing I ever saw was Canadian Geese flock landing on a iced-over pond in Michigan. The landings were comical. Geese slid and crashed into each other causing all sorts of squabbles and fights as pissed-off geese chased and nipped at the offending geese that crashed into them. All this while they slid around on an icy pond. Absolutely hilarious.

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