Guest guest Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 They say the only bird geese are afraid of is swans. We have alrger companies here that rent the swans for their ponds in the summer! Nikki , " Jo Cwazy " <heartwork@c...> wrote: > A few years ago they were used by small companies in the countryside, as guard 'dogs'. They seem to have quite a lot of character. > > Jo > - > fraggle > > Wednesday, May 11, 2005 8:11 PM > Re: Re: Rain - was Bush in Moscow > > > we use to have a pair of guard geese > they were great..i miss em.. > bruno and spike... > > > > > Jo Cwazy > May 11, 2005 12:00 PM > > Re: Re: Rain - was Bush in Moscow > > Hi Nikki > > I've heard that geese can be aggressive - but not had a bad experience > myself. > > Jo > > > > I've never had a bad interaction with ducks. It's geese that scare > > the heck outta me! > > > > Nikki > > > > , " heartwerk " <heartwork@c...> > > wrote: > > > Ah yes (LOL) - they can take it the wrong way, and being chased by > > > ducks can be scary!!! > > > > > > Jo > > > > > > , " Peter " <metalscarab@c...> > > wrote: > > > > > I love ducks. I've only ever seen them in our garden once - > > we > > > don't have > > > > a > > ; > > > pond. There are lakes about fifty yards away, and there are > > > plenty of > > > > ducks > > > > > there. > > > > > > > > Although, you have to be careful how you talk to them.... :-) > > > > > > > > BB > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > To send an email to - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 One of the customers at our store lived next to a guy that had about 50 geese. We used to give him all the going south veggies/fruits and trimmings to give the guy with the geese. The guy with the geese had about 20 acres and a 5 acre pond for them. He did bird rescues and most of his birds had been those turned into the humane society to be killed or had been shot or hit by a car or something. One of his children got too close to the birds and they beat him with their wings and got him down to the pond and drowned him. He was 3. One should never let children too close to geese unless they are well supervised. Geese can be quite aggressive! Lynda - Jo Cwazy <heartwork Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:00 PM Re: Re: Rain - was Bush in Moscow > Hi Nikki > > I've heard that geese can be aggressive - but not had a bad experience > myself. > > Jo > > > > I've never had a bad interaction with ducks. It's geese that scare > > the heck outta me! > > > > Nikki > > > > , " heartwerk " <heartwork@c...> > > wrote: > > > Ah yes (LOL) - they can take it the wrong way, and being chased by > > > ducks can be scary!!! > > > > > > Jo > > > > > > , " Peter " <metalscarab@c...> > > wrote: > > > > > I love ducks. I've only ever seen them in our garden once - > > we > > > don't have > > > > a > > > > > pond. There are lakes about fifty yards away, and there are > > > plenty of > > > > ducks > > > > > there. > > > > > > > > Although, you have to be careful how you talk to them.... :-) > > > > > > > > BB > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > To send an email to - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 That sounds nasty. I bet the lady wished she had never started feeding them. Jo - " nikki_mackovitch " <nikkimack Wednesday, May 11, 2005 11:35 PM Re: Rain - was Bush in Moscow > Hi Jo > > I think that I will just stick with leaving bread and seed for them > on the deck and leave the conversations for the doves and squirrels. > > Better safe than sorry! > > We had a similar incident with geese, but we never said a word to > them. DH and I sat down by a pond and there were geese across the > way. They swam over and started up the bank towards us and kept > coming. They were only distracted by the lady throwing bread from a > bench aways down from us. When we got to the car, we looked back > only to see the lady on the very top of the bench surrounded by the > geese. She hurled the bag of bread, jumped off and ran to her car. > > So no more geese for me! > > BB > Nikki > > > , " Jo Cwazy " <heartwork@c...> wrote: > > Hi Nikki > > > > Many years ago, when my kids were very young, we were passing a > pond with > > about thirty ducks on it. They were quacking away, so I quacked > back - and > > I must have said something rude in duck language, because they got > cross and > > chased us! > > > > Jo > > > > > > > Sounds like a story that I would love to hear! > > > > > > BB > > > Nikki > > > > > > , " Peter " <metalscarab@c...> > wrote: > > > > > I love ducks. I've only ever seen them in our garden once - > we > > > don't have > > > > a > > > > > pond. There are lakes about fifty yards away, and there are > > > plenty of > > > > ducks > > > > > there. > > > > > > > > Although, you have to be careful how you talk to them.... :-) > > > > > > > > BB > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To send an email to - > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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