But, but, but, flying off with an egg would be difficult!
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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But, but, but, flying off with an egg would be difficult!
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Momma did fly them in.
In nature, natural selection wouldn’t allow a goose to nest in an inappropriate place. There are thousands of geese in the area, just not in town. Maybe this bird isn’t all there. What will these goslings inherit? I assume that they will be relocated to a suitable habitat. They may return the parking lot next year, geese do that.
Some years ago one nested in a big planter right outside a very frequently-used door to a department store. It made for some entertaining encounters with people too mentally constipated to obey the warning signs the store posted.
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I've yet to notice geese give any mind to what humans think.
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I expect there are some cultures that relish goose eggs. For me a goose egg is my math exam score.
That would be my poor, rural American grandmaw's culture. In addition to her chickens, banties and guineas, any wild geese, ducks, quail or other birds laying eggs anywhere she happened to notice was "invited" to contribute to breakfast, if not be the "guest of honor" at dinner! Feeding a husband and 3 daughters in The Great Depression was no mean feat.
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I once visited an ostrich farm. Their eggshells are tough like leather.
Adjoining the parking lot for an office building I worked in was the parking lot for an office building used by the CIA or some other anonymous government entity. There was always a flock of geese hanging out in that lot and it was always covered in goose poop. Somehow that seemed highly appropriate.
Were they Canada Geese? If so, what does that tell you...?
When I asked thier identity they clammed up. 
When I asked thier identity they clammed up.
Ah, so they were from Boston!
Well, like I said, when I asked them, the looks they gave me strongly implied that if they told me they'd have to kill me. Or at least poop on me. I took the hint!
Darn Canadians...poop, yes, kill, nope.
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What is grandmother thinking?
Having spent a goodly number of years helping my erstwhile employer manage its golf courses I am quite well acquainted with the large flying vermin we call Canada Geese. They're beautiful. Their social structure and behavior is endlessly enchanting and complex. But they're the bane of golf course operators everywhere. Miserable winged pestilential creatures, they are.
And they're federally protected, and the authorities get extremely exercised when they learn of any harassment or abuse to them. There was a fairly famous incident in these parts some decades ago Link Removed . The case landed on the desk of a long-departed friend of mine who was with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. He said he poked at it for a while, shoving it from one side of the desk to the other, and finally charged the miscreant with killing a goose out of season and killing a goose with an illegal weapon. There were high-powered lawyers and the whole shebang: Link Removed .
Goose poop is about the size of cat poop from what I’ve seen. Geese really do dodo in high volume.
I hate to think what organic substance may be in the dye.
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This conversation regarding Canada Geese is getting out of hand. Some live in Canada in the summer months and some live in the southern US in the winter months. They have for centuries.
They do not recognize international boundaries. They never had to. They are, in fact, North American Geese.
Some migrate, some don't. Some think its better to stay in the south because flying back and forth is stupid. They are the smart ones.
So, in praise of the North American Geese, I say, if you don't want them around, don't plant grass. Don't build golf courses. Grass is their domain.
That being said, their poop is offensive but, so is ours
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