To: Ilaine who wrote (39122 ) 10/4/1999 5:39:00 PM From: Gauguin Read Replies (2) | Respond to
Yes, we have them. They're booming, as you say, in the last five years. I hope we can co-exist, learn to co-exist peacefully, instead of just blunderbussing the hell out of them again. I like that they are tame, or at least not afraid of every human and moving object they see. There is a stream in Salem where the whole damn avian nation hangs out, right beside a four lane highway, and each time I've been there, geese and such have headed across the road to the other side, and I'mn thinking jeez, you guys, you're going to get creamed, and the cars just expect them to be there and stop. exactly where they're going ~ where they will re-enter, Officially Land, on the other side, like Pilgrims in the grass ~ and I always want to get out there and straighten them out so they hurry up. "No! Don't turn! No left! Go straight! Straight! Goddamit!" Sometimes they get far enough to the left or right (how many times can they change their plans?) that they get up to where the far cars are and turn in them, and someone's car is afloat in geese or ducks, like on a pond. They're not scared of stopped cars, either, because the little Reserve here is packed with them, and they most often have food source in them. scared of a beaver.
