We had a pair of geese that used to hang out along the entrance road to work. It apparells a stream. Now there is only one, so I'm guessing one got run over or whatever happens to geese. We also used to have a wild turkey poking aorund here and he's gone too.
Behind our office is a gas grill. I have nefarious plans for geese on a saturday afternoon involving bacon, hot peppers and cheddar cheese.
When I was a youngster, grown men used to fly thousands of miles and spend thousands of dollar s to shoot Canada goose. Now you can do it on any body of water that is within view of your front porch.
I distinctly remember in the early 1970s when one of the wildlife biology professors at Clemson told us there was actually a pair of goose overwintering on Clark Hill Reservoir. He was all giggley like a school girl.
Maybe 40+ years from now spotted owls will be common...on the way to replacing pigeons as seen in Futurama 
GameboyRMH wrote: You know that Canada geese are total dicks right? Maybe just the ones that are used to contact with humans...
I think it's the Canadian part...says a 1/2 Canadian 1/2 shiny happy person.
Canada geese are evil.
Get rid of the geese any way you can, but be advised that killing a migratory game bird out of season is serious business.
Thing is there are now two kinds of Canada Geese (genus?) There's the smaller, traditional, migratory ones, and then there's the fat, non-migratory, damn near flightless, industrial park turds. I'm serious.
In reply to Appleseed:
Branta canadensis maxima is the big variety. They were nearly extinct and have made an amazing recovery.
Appleseed wrote: Thing is there are now two kinds of Canada Geese (genus?) There's the smaller, traditional, migratory ones, and then there's the fat, non-migratory, damn near flightless, industrial park turds. I'm serious.
Sure you're not getting confused between Cackling Geese and Canada Geese? Not disagreeing with you, as this is how evolution works, but there have always* been two species that are nearly identical.
*It was relatively recent that it was decided that the Cackling Goose was its own species, it had been considered a sub-species of the Canada Goose. I think it would have been 2004 or 2005, because I was in high school biology.
I think this is our unofficial office mascot
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This reminds me of when the hawk killed and ate the duck in the parking lot.
Anybody ever seen a Swan attack a goose? We had a vicious swan living on the golf course I caddied at. Name was Frank. Frank would attack anything and everything that came near his pond. I saw him kill a goose by strangling it. Yeah, you read that right. Frank wrapped its neck around the swans, and strangled the damn thing. I have no idea if that is normal for swans, but Frank was not a normal swan.
I was damn near drowned as a five year old when I wandered down to look at the swans in a local pond. Fortunately, my older brother was there and dragged me away - the bloody thing was beating me with its wings. Pretty - sure. Nice? Not so much.
Canada geese are frigging rampant up here. As Appleseed said, for some weird reason they're plentiful in industrial parks, where they cover the grass with their nasty, green turds. Whenever I pick up a car at Hyundai Canadi, I not only dodge the flocks of them wandering onto the parking lot, but get cussed at by the ones on the roof.
In reply to mtn:
I believe your swan story. The Mute Swan is a viscious beast that should be eliminated. I, and several of my friends, have been attacked by Mute Swans while fishing.
What do they call Canadian Geese in Canada? Right Here Geese? I always wondered that.
pinchvalve wrote: What do they call Canadian Geese in Canada? Right Here Geese? I always wondered that.
that's just un- 'merican
N Sperlo wrote: This reminds me of when the hawk killed and ate the duck in the parking lot.
We had a hawk kill and eat a pigeon on the side walk out front of my office. When I got there I was walking up and see a big bloody spot covered with feathers.
Ojala wrote: My office mascot is a crackhead called "shorty lick". Does that count?
yes it does. any chance he'd try to grab a goose for $5? i heard that E36 M3 is funny to watch.
pilotbraden wrote: In reply to mtn: I believe your swan story. The Mute Swan is a viscious beast that should be eliminated. I, and several of my friends, have been attacked by Mute Swans while fishing.
Way to make them back off: Walk towards them with something big held out in front of you. Opened umbrella is perfect. Couple of golf clubs with headcovers on them worked too.
mtn wrote:pilotbraden wrote: In reply to mtn: I believe your swan story. The Mute Swan is a viscious beast that should be eliminated. I, and several of my friends, have been attacked by Mute Swans while fishing.Way to make them back off: Walk towards them with something big held out in front of you. Opened umbrella is perfect. Couple of golf clubs with headcovers on them worked too.
I have only had problems while fishing. Standing waist deep in water they hold the upper hand. That feathered bastard is also very agile in the water. My friend Roger battled one with his fishing pole. He said that it was scary looking up at the bird that was trying to kill him.
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