Just one of the things I've enjoyed about staying in Canada is that there are Geese all around all summer. We arrived in spring last year and lived near a small lake at Unionville. Each geese parents had several goslings following them. The father on the lookout for any humans straying too close and the mother herding the little ones.
Some people do find it a little difficult because Geese can be a bit aggressive, but I've found you just give them a wide berth and it's lovely to see them everywhere in public.
So at the office I heard the story that there are two geese that have been coming every year to nest on the grounds of our office. Apparently they've had little goslings every year right in the parking lot of our office block. This year we got an email that said they were going to try deter the Geese from coming back. They put out some decoy geese to discourage them from hanging around. There were jokes about the decoy geese flying about the office and hilarity about the suddenness of the email.
So at the office I heard the story that there are two geese that have been coming every year to nest on the grounds of our office. Apparently they've had little goslings every year right in the parking lot of our office block. This year we got an email that said they were going to try deter the Geese from coming back. They put out some decoy geese to discourage them from hanging around. There were jokes about the decoy geese flying about the office and hilarity about the suddenness of the email.
The geese left for the day, but then returned. We got another email. They had laid an egg near the cars and we needed to move them. It was quite amazing watching how fearless the geese can be! Cars were trying to drive down the parking lot to find a spot to park in the morning and the male goose wouldn't let them pass. The car literally had to back up and drive around him to carry on. They eventually cordoned off the area so that everyone had to drive around the back. This was much better for all involved, the geese were obviously getting quite stressed about the cars driving by and the cars clearly didn't want to drive over the geese.
I had taken my bicycle that day and the egg was very near the bicycle rack! I was a bit worried about being able to cycle home, but thought it was worth a shot to try get my bike out early before they were really on the rampage. That gave me the opportunity to film someone else's car being moved. The guy had to climb in on the passenger's side because if he tried the driver's side the geese would have "chased him off" like they "chased off"this car.
I had taken my bicycle that day and the egg was very near the bicycle rack! I was a bit worried about being able to cycle home, but thought it was worth a shot to try get my bike out early before they were really on the rampage. That gave me the opportunity to film someone else's car being moved. The guy had to climb in on the passenger's side because if he tried the driver's side the geese would have "chased him off" like they "chased off"this car.
At the end of the video I had to laugh, the male goose is clearly very proud of how he managed to chase off that monster creature!
The end of the story unfortunately results in that the geese were relocated despite having a egg. However it was done by professionals so I trust that everything worked out well for the geese. However I noticed when I first arrived that there seemed to be geese everywhere, you see an open patch of grass and there are geese on it. Even when there is no grass sometimes there are geese, quite a few times I've seen one hanging out in the Wallmart parking lot.
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