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Slow down and enjoy them. Whatz da big rush? Share the MUP, ya know.
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Originally Posted by Worknomore
(Post 15391712)
Geese have more meat & taste better.
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Originally Posted by Commodus
(Post 15391212)
I like 'em. I go down to the lakes and feed their little yellow babies when it's the season. Yea they poo. What doesn't?
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Originally Posted by mattgmann
(Post 15390632)
I've seen a few threads about the danger of squirels and deer, but my biggest bike path foe has to be the Canada Goose. Our city is lousy with them. And, unlike other critters, they rarely get out of the way. They're normally in a group, and on occasion they attack. On a busy bike path, this means having to completely stop on occasion and wait for the giant feathered rats to move. I have yet to hit one straight on, but I've clipped a few as they scurry at the last moment and take off in front of me.
Am I the only one that HATES these animals? |
wonder why they never mess with me maybe there more tame down here i walk right up to there babys the mother will make this weird sound but dont come towards me. but i dont make eyer contact with them they seem to not like it if you look right at them .
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The geese themselves generally get out of my way on the MUP. It's the little landmines they leave behind ALL OVER, that really cheeses me off! :)
There's also a gang of wild turkeys that hang out near the confluence trail between Alton and Hartford. They generally duck into the underbrush when I go by, but I hear that turkeys can be quite aggressive too... |
We have lots of geese here in Canada. I never found them to be a danger when riding my bicycle, all you need to do is slow down and use a bit of extra caution. I have seen cars and 18 wheelers stop and let them cross roads... I think squirrels are a much greater road hazard for cyclists, I've ridden over one with both front and rear wheels, those little rats will run and jump out of nowhere into moving traffic.
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Originally Posted by fietsbob
(Post 15390755)
They're just passing through, It's How Annual Migrations work..
Were you happier in the middle of Winter before they came Northward from their over- wintering Places? I'm actually fine with migratory geese. They only stay a little while on their way north or south, and I like how seeing them flying in formation marks the changes in seasons. |
Originally Posted by GeneO
(Post 15391868)
Watch out in the spring and early summer when they have goslings. They will out and out attack you to protect them. I had one chase after me for quite a distance.
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Originally Posted by Worknomore
(Post 15391712)
Geese have more meat & taste better.
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The Canadian geese around here are no real problem. They tend to clear off the path when people are riding by. The Toulouse geese will also move off, if slower. However, when some jerk with an off-leash dog frightens them, one or two will manage to take flight. Well, such flight as a Toulouse goose can manage, which means about head height. It's a flying bowling ball and I definitely don't want to be the pin.
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Definitely have seen many of them on the MUP, just sitting in the middle of the road, watching people walk/jog/bike around them like they own the road. I tried to scare one off once and got as close as possible while riding to see if the little bugger would move at all, ended up buzzing its tailfeathers and it didn't even move! Cheeky bastards...
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Oh god, I HATE geese. I grew up near the Platte River in Wyoming and had grandparents in Ft Collins, CO. Mean bastards. They chase, peck and bite worse than dogs...
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They were here last month refueling but they stay in the pastures and wildlife areas. Never got closer than about 20 ft to them.
I enjoyed having them. Would love to eat one too. |
Yeah, here in Eugene we have a permanent population of Canada geese. It's really funny in the fall and spring when their instincts are telling them to migrate but since they stay here year-round they just fly back and forth. There's also some funny-looking geese at the memorial gardens here in town because some of the domestic Greylag geese have been interbreeding with the wild geese.
And yes, they march up and down the bike path and don't move, no matter how much I honk my AirZound. |
Thanks for the tip, tsl. I'll bear it in mind.
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Originally Posted by jdswitters
(Post 15390817)
we have over a 100,000 of them in town as permanent residents. The only time I have ever gone down commuting was hitting a huge patch of goose crap, several must have been there for a while, as I was going around a corner in the park. I don't hate them but they are more annoying than squirrels around here.
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Originally Posted by tsl
(Post 15391139)
Hiss at them like that and they scatter quickly.
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We must have more aggressive geese here than y'all. Pretty much only greenhorns and newbies to the area hiss at the geese, and they usually only do it once, especially the megaflock in the Greenhill area.
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I ran over a duck once, and saw someones dog grab it and run off when I stopped to look.
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Ha! That duck's goose is cooked! Dog devours dawdling duck decisively decked by bemused bicyclist before being bitten by bystanding bowser!
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Originally Posted by fietsbob
(Post 15390755)
They're just passing through, It's How Annual Migrations work..
Were you happier in the middle of Winter before they came Northward from their over- wintering Places? |
Originally Posted by fietsbob
(Post 15390755)
They're just passing through, It's How Annual Migrations work..
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Originally Posted by asmac
(Post 15396629)
No, they're not. Things have changed and they stay all year.
I for one will not go into trying to scare any of these geese, from personal experience, many larger birds tend to lighten their load upon takeoff, and there is nothing fun about getting caught out in a white rain storm. |
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