The transient one are one thing, but in my area they now stay all year long, and have become a real menace. Many school playing fields are covered with a slick coating of their "deposits."
On Dec 6, 2007 10:16 AM, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > LLoLL - There is one adult Canada Honker (hope you don't object to the > name being capitalized) in the group. ;) > I recall someone (and now I think I know who) referring to these geese > as "feathered rats"..or something close to that. > The Pacific Flyway is furnishing a toilet for HOARDS of these..and > other..transients from your chilly country. > > Thanks, Frank. > > Jack > --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 6, 2007 8:41 AM, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A lake within the city limits of Marysville, CA, is home to a > > variety > > > of migratory and resident ducks, geese, seagulls and whatever. > > > Yesterday was a foggy AM, and the lake being surrounded by trees, > > some > > > of which overhang the water, I turned on the fog lights and went to > > > take a look. > > > I was able to get a bit of tree involved in an 'orderly retreat' of > > > geese. > > > > > > Comments always welcome > > > > It looks like at least two of those are Canada Geese - maybe all of > > them (perhaps young ones are lighter colour?). > > > > So, you breed them down there and send them up to Canada to crap all > > over our beaches and lawns and chase down picnickers with food? > > Thanks a bunch! <g> > > > > (in case you didn't already know it, I ~hate~ Canada Geese - they do > > nothing but besmirch the fine name of our great land) > > > > Okay, that being put aside, it's a very nice photo! Well composed - > > I > > really like the way the bare branches seem to mimic the curvature of > > the line of geese. > > > > Lovely pic! > > > > cheers, > > frank > > > > -- > > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
