geese

Stop feeding the goddamn ducks, Lynn tells stubborn old coot

The Daily Item reports the 80-year-old duck feeder refuses to stop, no matter how large the bill, she says God is on her side.

Make way for goslings

Baby geese

Truck Stop Tea Party captured the moment the other day when somebody stopped traffic near the Arboretum to let a family of geese cross the road.

Yesterday:
Make way for Ducklings on Storrow Drive.

Copyright Truck Stop Tea Party. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Adoptees under the BU bridge

Kathy reports there's a gaggle of geese under the BU bridge. By itself, no big deal, except the goslings are now big enough to notice that while some are obviously the spawn of the white adult geese that watch over them, some have the black legs of Canada geese:

... So it looks like maybe some Canada gooselings imprinted on domesticated parents. So what type do you think these Canadas will try to mate with when they grow up?

If pigeons are rats with wings, what are geese?

State officials consider unleashing the hounds to scare geese away from the Esplanade. They'll love that across the river when all the geese resettle along Mem. Drive.

There are sunsets and there are sunsets

Cool photo of the sun going down over the Longfellow Bridge and a flock of geese.

Flocked sky

Honk

LastRemnants watches geese take flight at Forest Hills Cemetery.

If you watch only one video about goose poop this summer

Make it this one, about excessive droppings at the Brookline Reservoir.

Maybe he's friends with Peter Rabbit

Alyssa Boehm photographs Hoggy the Groundhog, who thinks her backyard garden is a take-out joint:

He's kind of cute, but he's also a bit destructive. I opted not to plant any tomatoes this year (one if his favorites to take a single bite from) and focus on my peppers. Undaunted, he's been burrowing around in my veggie patch.

And I think he's been snacking on my hostas. ...

In more positive animal news, Alyssa also photographs cute little baby duckies at the Public Garden (and here are some cute little baby goslings in the Fenway).

Big happy face in the sky

Wave Maker spots an interesting goose formation in the evening sky.