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Canada Goose vs bald eagle

Canadian geese, when on the ground, are vermin. They are amazing long range fliers, but when they squat, on the ground, they are annoying $hit producing machines.
 
OK, Ed
There's no such thing as a Canadian goose
It's Canada goose, named after John Canada
 
Big T said:
OK, Ed
There's no such thing as a Canadian goose
It's Canada goose, named after John Canada
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That's an old story but unfortunately a myth .....It is named after the Latin word for the species " Anas canadensis " in 1758 which means " from Kanada " ...... It's a funny story but there isn't any evidence that an ornithologist named John Canada ever existed .....
 
geese are nuts! i don't think the goose could win that fight, but if i was that eagle, i'd be like ... yikes ... back away slowly ... no eye contact ......
 
"No such thing as a Canadian goose"??? If a person from Canada is considered Canadian, why won't a goose from Canada be Canadian also? He sure won't be an Ethiopian goose.
 
Interesting facts

Six of the listings I looked at for the world's highest flying birds show species that vary in high-flying ability across a range from heights of 10000 feet to 37000 feet
BUT none mentioned a Canada Goose )including Wiki)

A search specifically about Canada Goose flying habits got me this one from Wiki
".The maximum flight ceiling of Canada geese is unknown, but they have been reported at 9 km (29,000 feet)"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_goose


I can back that one up as I clearly recall looking at the remains of a Canada Goose that the pilot confirmed had hit his radome at 28,000 feet.
The impact was sufficient to push the bird's body mostly through the radome, requiring it to be replaced.
 
According to this, my most trusted source for anything north the 49th parallel, it is indeed "Canada Gooses".
WARNING - STRONG LANGUAGE
 
rphillips said:
"No such thing as a Canadian goose"??? If a person from Canada is considered Canadian, why won't a goose from Canada be Canadian also? He sure won't be an Ethiopian goose.
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Hard to answer that one as Ethiopian geese have never opened a consulate or embassy in Canada, so they have no official record.
 
Old lady: "Hel! Help! I've been geesed!

Security guard "You mean you were goosed?"

Old lady: "No. No. I mean geesed. He used three fingers!"
 
argonsagas said:
Interesting facts

Six of the listings I looked at for the world's highest flying birds show species that vary in high-flying ability across a range from heights of 10000 feet to 37000 feet
BUT none mentioned a Canada Goose )including Wiki)

A search specifically about Canada Goose flying habits got me this one from Wiki
".The maximum flight ceiling of Canada geese is unknown, but they have been reported at 9 km (29,000 feet)"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_goose


I can back that one up as I clearly recall looking at the remains of a Canada Goose that the pilot confirmed had hit his radome at 28,000 feet.
The impact was sufficient to push the bird's body mostly through the radome, requiring it to be replaced.
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I got hit by one at sea level once. I was jogging around the seawall in Stanley Park and there was a flock on the grass next to me ....Believe it or not when they take off they do it in formation . And one nailed me in the back right between the shoulder blades knocking me off my feet .... After several people checked to see if I was alright the laughter started .......
 
Nessism said:
Canadian geese, when on the ground, are vermin. They are amazing long range fliers, but when they squat, on the ground, they are annoying $hit producing machines.
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Could not agree more. Gentlemen, load your shotguns!
 
bccap said:
I got hit by one at sea level once. I was jogging around the seawall in Stanley Park and there was a flock on the grass next to me ....Believe it or not when they take off they do it in formation . And one nailed me in the back right between the shoulder blades knocking me off my feet .... After several people checked to see if I was alright the laughter started .......
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IT is laughable....when you are not on the receiving end....

My wife has tried touching their babies a few times when they were guarding their nest.

Once we were in a shopping plaza and the geese had a nest on a small raised island at the edge of the parking area..
I warned her to stay away.....but....

When she approached the nest the male hissed and tried to hit her. She persisted until he came up and flapped his wings hard. She ran and he flew after her, dipping and honking. His wings hit her a couple of times.

When he got a foot caught in her waist-length hair (or maybe it was his beak) she dropped down and it came loose. She screamed at me to help, but I was too far away by that time and also I was laughing too hard at the sight.

It really was one of those moments I wished I could have on video.

She did get her wish at another location,

We were in a park and I fed the geese some bread bits for several minutes. The male adult finally came close enough to take it from my hand. At the same time a little gosling came up under him and grabbed a crumb or two. I was able to reach down and pick up the little bird in one hand while still holding out food for the adult. The adult was unsure of me as I was still feeding him and the little one was still in sight, so he did not react negatively. I let my wife stroke the feathers of the little one for a few seconds before I returned it to its parent.
 
Tazman001 said:
I have a 12 gauge................wish I could take every one of them out I can see.
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I, too, have had thoughts like that, although I do not own a 12gauge, or anything else.

There is a public park that backs onto the schoolyard where my children go and it is not unusual to see forty to fifty geese on the grass.

No, not today, as the grass is under the snow, but that is melting and Spring is near.

the most I have counted was seventy.
Their excrement is maddening, but they are a protected species and we are not permitted to harm them.
.
 
Protected here too, protected species and why for such a nuisance whos populations aren't in danger nor decreasing. I've never been impressed with goose poop around our lakes, and this protection just keeps making it worse.
 
rphillips said:
Protected here too, protected species and why for such a nuisance whos populations aren't in danger nor decreasing. I've never been impressed with goose poop around our lakes, and this protection just keeps making it worse.
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Not to mention their *poop* creates the perfect medium for the parasites that cause swimmers itch to flourish in. Up where I used to live in NW lower Michigan there's an awful lot of inland lakes where the goose population and the associated swimmers itch make it so you don't want to swim in them.

Then there's the lakes where the "old money" out of Chicago and Detroit have their 15,000 square foot "cottages" They've tried every way possible to scare off the geese from their yards and the lakes in general, thousands of dollars thrown at a problem that could be resolved in a week or two by some of the locals for FREE if they where allowed to.

PS: Guess I haven't kept up on what's going on up there!

https://www.mlive.com/environment/2...ds-thrive-in-michigan-cities-and-suburbs.html
 
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argonsagas said:
Interesting facts

Six of the listings I looked at for the world's highest flying birds show species that vary in high-flying ability across a range from heights of 10000 feet to 37000 feet.
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The other day I was hanging out with my son and he said to check out the sky - it was amazing with different cloud formations over the local mountains. Then his eyes caught a black object and he said "What is that!". It was moving fast and darting around. His eyes are 100x better than mine. He started speculating that it was a military plane, then after a couple sharp turns, a UFO. After looking a bit, I located it, and then another joined. I said "It's a bird. Well, birds now" hahaha. I figured with such weather conditions there were major updrafts. Hawk or buzzard, too far to tell.

So I went from being dad the geezer (as is his usual view) to dad the experienced fellow who knows that birds and weather act strangely together. He had no idea they could be that high.

They could have used these old eyes in New Jersey in November. Haven't heard a tweet since around December.
 
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argonsagas said:
I, too, have had thoughts like that, although I do not own a 12gauge, or anything else.

There is a public park that backs onto the schoolyard where my children go and it is not unusual to see forty to fifty geese on the grass.

No, not today, as the grass is under the snow, but that is melting and Spring is near.

the most I have counted was seventy.
Their excrement is maddening, but they are a protected species and we are not permitted to harm them.
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I also have a really sweet Canadian .22. Made in the 1930s - 40s era. Cooey model 75. No serial number. unnecessary back then.
 
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