Geese on beaches and in city parks! That's amazing and very dirty. They actually attack people? Now I understand this thread ;-)
On Dec 21, 2007 3:51 PM, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 21, 2007 4:02 AM, Toine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why does everyone here hate geese??? In my part of the world we try to > > protect geese, farmers can get refunds for damaged crops. > > Which other species are scheduled for extinction on pdml? > > I'm only curious so don't shoot me ;) > > I can't speak for others, but my dislike for Canada geese (in > particular) is that they've become "too successful" as an urban > species. Their numbers have proliferated in recent decades, and due > to a warming climate in this part of the world, many of them no longer > migrate, meaning that many of them now winter here. > > They hang around the suburbs and beaches and parks in the thousands. > They're big, mean, strong and they bite. They soil the landscape with > their droppings, with the resulting toxic health hazard. > > They're brazen and nasty. They're a cross between pigeons and rats, > but way bigger. > > I used to like Canada Geese back when they flew overhead spring and > fall, and stayed in rural areas for the summer. Now that they've made > cities their home, with their large numbers, they're vermin. > > 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. > -- Toine http://www.repiuk.nl -- 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.
