Speaking of Geese

This goose has been protecting a ToysRUs store in New Jersey.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...rre&id=4063319

I saw footage on the local news just now. Doesn't look TOO mean. Just a
bit persistant. The store is taking it well.

Wild goose chases shoppers at Toys R Us
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April 7, 2006 - A goose in Philadelphia is going after shoppers at a
Toys-R-Us store. He sits on top of the building and watches people come
and go. If shoppers get too close to his part of the building, he
attacks.
He's attacked three people so far.
"He came at you with his mouth open and everything, came right at your
back. It seems like every time somebody had their back turned toward
him, he comes at you," said Tim Gallagher. "If you're in a bike or a
car it won't come after you, but as soon as you walk past it'll come
right down after you."
"This is hilarious, I thought it was a hawk or flacon when I came
originally, but I did not know it was a goose," said Paul Lucas.

This fowl tempered feather friend, has sent more than one shopper on a
wild goose chase over the last few days.
"It's big, I thought it was gonna get on top of our heads or something,
it was on top of us. It is a swan or something? A goose. I thought it
was a duck," said Ramona Rodriguez.
Duck is what you have to do when the goose heads your way. It's unclear
why the goose is acting so aggressively, though we do they do that if
they human are coming to close to a clutch of eggs.
The area right underneath the goose's perch has been roped off to keep
the aerial assaults to a minimum, and Toys-R-Us employees have been
escorting customers too and from the store.
This silly goose has become a bit of a tourist attraction, walking
where it wants when it wants. That included do a little window shopping
at Office Depot. Then it was back up to the roof to wait for the next
person to nip.
"They pinch that's all, make a lot of noise and pinch and then they go
away," said Andrew Green.
A Toys-R-Us spokesperson says that the mall owner has been in touch
with the USDA and is filing paperwork to have the goose humanely
removed.

Oh, that's too funny. The goose we had would chase you, but only if you
turned your back on him. I think they're minimizing a little when they
said, "a pinch, that's all." It hurts like heck! They don't just pinch,
they grab the skin on the calf of your leg and *twist*. I used to have
bruises!!

Sherry

I used to work with animals a long time ago. I was nicknamed 'the duck
girl'.
I still have a scar on my hand from being biten by a duck.

Winnie

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Oh, that's too funny. The goose we had would chase you, but only if you
turned your back on him. I think they're minimizing a little when they
said, "a pinch, that's all." It hurts like heck! They don't just pinch,
they grab the skin on the calf of your leg and *twist*. I used to have
bruises!!

Sherry

On 7 Apr 2006 21:58:30 -0700, yodeled:


Oh, that's too funny. The goose we had would chase you, but only if you
turned your back on him. I think they're minimizing a little when they
said, "a pinch, that's all." It hurts like heck! They don't just pinch,
they grab the skin on the calf of your leg and *twist*. I used to have
bruises!!

Sherry


I knew a watch-goose, too, in upstate New York. They are very good at
it. Her name was Gertrude, and she was really quite gentle with
people she knew.


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Make Levees, Not War

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Oh, that's too funny. The goose we had would chase you, but only if you
turned your back on him. I think they're minimizing a little when they
said, "a pinch, that's all." It hurts like heck! They don't just pinch,
they grab the skin on the calf of your leg and *twist*. I used to have
bruises!!

Sherry


Yes, that is exactly what they do, they pinch and twist and have serrated
beaks which makes it worse.
Here is a tip that works.
There is no reason to be afraid of geese. They like it if you are afraid
and run off. It makes them laugh ;-)
If a goose approaches you, with beak open and hissing you are probably on
their territory, they don't like it if they don't know you.

If you don't need to be there, just go away. If you do, just stride forward
and grasp the gander behind the head and turn him away from you. Works
every time. He thinks he is braver than you and he found out he isn't.
Only do this if you think you are in trouble and are scared. Geese have a
lot of dignity. They never forget if you treated them badly. They bear
malice.

Tweed

Christina Websell wrote:
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Oh, that's too funny. The goose we had would chase you, but only if you
turned your back on him. I think they're minimizing a little when they
said, "a pinch, that's all." It hurts like heck! They don't just pinch,
they grab the skin on the calf of your leg and *twist*. I used to have
bruises!!

Sherry


Yes, that is exactly what they do, they pinch and twist and have serrated
beaks which makes it worse.
Here is a tip that works.
There is no reason to be afraid of geese. They like it if you are afraid
and run off. It makes them laugh ;-)
If a goose approaches you, with beak open and hissing you are probably on
their territory, they don't like it if they don't know you.

If you don't need to be there, just go away. If you do, just stride forward
and grasp the gander behind the head and turn him away from you. Works
every time. He thinks he is braver than you and he found out he isn't.
Only do this if you think you are in trouble and are scared. Geese have a
lot of dignity. They never forget if you treated them badly. They bear
malice.

Tweed

Well, it was my territory too! :-) He was a yard goose. Stayed in the
front most of the time. This was a long time ago--he was given to my
daughter as a gosling, as a gift (gotta love those grandparents!!).
We got into a few stand-offs but truly I did like him.
Another critter that I just love are banty Roosters. There is no animal
on earth with as much pluck as a banty rooster. I swear, the ones we
had, it didn't matter how big the animal was, that rooster wouldn't
run. He'd draw a line in the dirt and say "Bring it on!"
I am so jealous of you and your fowl. I would love to have some
guineas, geese, ducks, even peafowl. But we have coyotes, and I would
have to keep them penned up. I'm not sure I am healthy enough or strong
enough to take care of them. It is a lot of work.

Sherry

Sherry

On 8 Apr 2006 16:06:56 -0700, wrote:

I am so jealous of you and your fowl. I would love to have some
guineas, geese, ducks, even peafowl. But we have coyotes, and I would
have to keep them penned up. I'm not sure I am healthy enough or strong
enough to take care of them. It is a lot of work.

Guineas and peafowl are good only if you like to get up early in the
morning. And in the case of peafowl you also like banshee screams.

Christina Websell wrote:
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Oh, that's too funny. The goose we had would chase you, but only if
you turned your back on him. I think they're minimizing a little
when they said, "a pinch, that's all." It hurts like heck! They
don't just pinch, they grab the skin on the calf of your leg and
*twist*. I used to have bruises!!

Sherry


Yes, that is exactly what they do, they pinch and twist and have
serrated beaks which makes it worse.
Here is a tip that works.
There is no reason to be afraid of geese. They like it if you are
afraid and run off. It makes them laugh ;-)
If a goose approaches you, with beak open and hissing you are
probably on their territory, they don't like it if they don't know
you.

If you don't need to be there, just go away. If you do, just stride
forward and grasp the gander behind the head and turn him away from
you. Works every time. He thinks he is braver than you and he found
out he isn't. Only do this if you think you are in trouble and are
scared. Geese have a lot of dignity. They never forget if you
treated them badly. They bear malice.

Tweed

My LLL has a peacock and peahen that live out by his studio in the woods.
He has no idea where they came from but every once in a while he'll go out
for a walk and see the male doing the full fan tail display walking in front
of the female. I guess there might be some little chicks later in the year;
I'm not versed in peacock mating habits. I think it would be really cute to
have a property full of little peacock and peahens

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
Christina Websell wrote:
wrote in message
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Oh, that's too funny. The goose we had would chase you, but only if
you turned your back on him. I think they're minimizing a little
when they said, "a pinch, that's all." It hurts like heck! They
don't just pinch, they grab the skin on the calf of your leg and
*twist*. I used to have bruises!!

Sherry


Yes, that is exactly what they do, they pinch and twist and have
serrated beaks which makes it worse.
Here is a tip that works.
There is no reason to be afraid of geese. They like it if you are
afraid and run off. It makes them laugh ;-)
If a goose approaches you, with beak open and hissing you are
probably on their territory, they don't like it if they don't know
you.

If you don't need to be there, just go away. If you do, just stride
forward and grasp the gander behind the head and turn him away from
you. Works every time. He thinks he is braver than you and he found
out he isn't. Only do this if you think you are in trouble and are
scared. Geese have a lot of dignity. They never forget if you
treated them badly. They bear malice.

Tweed

My LLL has a peacock and peahen that live out by his studio in the
woods. He has no idea where they came from but every once in a while
he'll go out for a walk and see the male doing the full fan tail
display walking in front of the female. I guess there might be some
little chicks later in the year; I'm not versed in peacock mating
habits. I think it would be really cute to have a property full of
little peacock and peahens

Jill

DH & I went to the Cincinnati Zoo a couple of years ago, and they have
several pairs pf peacock/hens just roaming around the zoo. One of them
scared the bejeezus out of a bunch of girls scouts heading toward the
restrooms - it was on the roof and did it's gawd-awful screech as they
approached! They all jumped and started looking around for whatever made
the noise, and finally noticed the bird on the roof! Then they laughed at
themselves! We did see, in another area, a Papa guarding Mama and chicks -
they were so cuuuuute - all fuzzy and 1/10 the size of the parents!

Magic Mood Jeep© wrote:
restrooms - it was on the roof and did it's gawd-awful screech as they
approached! They all jumped and started looking around for whatever made
the noise, and finally noticed the bird on the roof! Then they laughed at

They do have awful sounding noises! At Monterrey Tech in Mexico they
used to have (not sure if they still do) a few pairs roaming around
campus. I remember the first time one of them made noises outside, about
every classroom stopped class and looked out the window to figure out
what the noise was.

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