Angry Geese – advice needed

[PotomacCyclist]

The geese have an ongoing no-bid contract with the NPS to provide 3.72 million tons of organic fertilizer to riverside areas each year.

[creadinger]

@PotomacCyclist 15709 wrote:

I also ran in the middle of another large group along the Reflecting Pool on the Mall last year. I felt like I was in some horror movie. “Day of the Birds”? “The Great Swarm”? “The Gruesome Gaggle”?

You need to see a really terrible movie called “Birdemic”. It’s an end of the world scenario where global warming causes birds to attack people. They explode like bird missiles when they swoop down on you, and poop acid on victims too, all done in incredibly BAD movie fashion. Like really bad! It has become a cult classic.

While on the theme of animals attacking – a movie about killer raccoons called “Coons!” is pretty good too. Compared to the animals in these flicks it’s a good thing we only have Geese to worry about.

[MCL1981]

Swerve into the river. We’ll call you sully.

[off2ride]

Cow catcher on the front end of your bike?

[rcannon100]

Speaking of labradors and geese…. (I just had to)

When we were young, our first children were a Golden Labrador and a Yellow Labrador. They were great dogs about which epic tales have been written. There is a park in Arlington named after the Golden.
Well, it so happened that it occurred to us to move to NYC.
As we explored the option, we walked our labradors in Prospect Park in Brooklyn.
And by walk, of course I mean we walked on the shore while our labradors swam through the lake.

As you know, Brooklyn is residence of many fine Italian families. Some with machine guns.
We came across such a fine Brooklyn resident, and his gang.
A large beautiful white swan, wearing a black leather jacket, with a pack of canadian smokes rolled up in the sleeve.
And his gang of geese.

The swan thought dimly of these posers in his park, came over to my female yellow lab (about 70 lbs)
Towered over the dog with its beautiful wings and neck – and HIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSED
The yellow lab ran across the water, bravely ran behind me, and soon as she was bravely safely behind me, let out an indigent BARK!
(Sing to your self “Brave, Brave Sir Robin! Bravely Ran Away!”)

Now it was my other lab’s turn. His name was Pancho Villa. His summer weight was 110 lbs. His nick name was “The Man.” He did not like having his swim disturbed.
The white swam, wearing that black leather jacket, swaggered over to my labrodor in the way a Brooklyn swan would do, opened its wings and…..
Pancho raised his eye brow. “You Talking to Me??? You Talking to Me?!!”
That swan apologized! It asked if Pancho was having a good swim? If it could get Pancho anything, some fresh Goose perhaps.
And quickly swam away.

We were on the shore rolling in laughter.

Walk lightly, and carry a Labrador!

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(Most of this store is true)

[paulg]

I posted my question on Friday but didn’t get a chance to read the responses until now on Monday morning.

Thanks for giving me a good laugh at the start of the week.

So in summary: I think I’ll keep moving, make lots of noise, maybe flap my arms, and buy a Labrador!

I’ve started to see foxes more on that section of trail so maybe some law of the jungle will help out too.

Thanks again.

Paul G.

[dasgeh]

@consularrider 15705 wrote:

On those occassions I find them wandering across or just standing there, I slow down (just as when I appoach them close to the edge of the trail), ring my bell obnoxiously, and shout goose, goose, goose several times. So far I haven’t been attacked or run into one.

The similarities between geese and tourists are striking.

[DaveK]

@dasgeh 15747 wrote:

The similarities between geese and tourists are striking.

I am definitely going to do that to the next gaggle of tourists I come across.

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