geese

Adoptees under the BU bridge

adamg — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:52:56 -0400

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?

adamg — Tue, 19 May 2009 10:39:30 -0400

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

adamg — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:47:06 -0500

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

Honkin' good time

adamg — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:27:13 -0500

Saul Blumenthal watches a squadron of geese on the Charles.

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Flocked sky

adamg — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:31:37 -0400

LastRemnants watches geese take flight at Forest Hills Cemetery.

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If you watch only one video about goose poop this summer

adamg — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:33:34 -0400

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

Maybe he's friends with Peter Rabbit

adamg — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:16:16 -0400

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

adamg — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:23:24 -0500

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

Disgusting Esplanade, disgusting algae bloom in the Charles linked?

adamg — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:15:49 -0400

Mike the Mad Biologist thinks so: A program to get geese out of Science Park only got them to move down to the Esplanade, which they now crap up, leading to crappy runoff into the river, feeding what has become an annual bloom of blue-green algae that is itself pretty gross:

... These algal blooms have been spotted in previous years up by Science Park, but now the blooms have moved down river to the Esplanade. Over the last couple of years, something else has moved downriver: geese. Two years ago, if you went out to the Esplanade on a summer day, the grass was packed with people. ... Now, almost nobody sits out at the Esplanade, with good reason: there's probably five to ten goose turds per square meter--that's fresh turds. It really is that disgusting (you definitely need a towel and a chair). The city of Boston is spending thousands and thousands of dollars to make an all-you-can-eat goose buffet and gooseshitatorium. ...

And they had the light, too

adamg — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:09:54 -0400

Geese crossing Longwood Avenue at the Riverway this morning.

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