Goose Invasion

Recently, the Blue Lake has become goose central, with an influx of greylags arriving to breed to go with the usually honking canada residents, who themselves have become hissy and quarrelsome because of their own breeding.

They look very majestic, when out on the water like a fleet of galleons, but on land they are a bit more  of a nuisance. A canada goose is a substantial bird to try and jog around, let alone when there are 40 of them.

And then there are the droppings. They are everywhere, hard to avoid, these goosine deposits of coquille st jacques everywhere, making you hop and skip and take awkward strides. Ugh.

I enjoy their honking though, and they look amazing when they take to the air en masse.

Si

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