Thursday, July 9, 2015

Where Have They Gone?

I took this pic at the end of May of this man taking pics of all the Canada Geese near a small pond in James Gardens in the Etobicoke neighbourhood. The place was teeming with geese then but about 3 weeks ago they all disappeared! The ducks have taken over and I'm not sure but I think the city park employees may have rounded up the geese and moved them out of the park, something which they have been doing along the Lakeshore. The ducks don't seem to mind at all!
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26 comments:

  1. GosiaJuly 9, 2015 at 8:42 AM

    Ducks are lovely birds and so greedy

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  2. BirdmanJuly 9, 2015 at 9:16 AM

    Maybe the stone turtle drove them away. Well, at least it's a little better 'walking' w/o the geese. Squish! Yuk!

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  3. PerthDailyPhotoJuly 9, 2015 at 9:19 AM

    Haha! At first I thought it might be the giant turtle that scared off the geese, before I realised it wasn't real :)

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  4. BlogorattiJuly 9, 2015 at 9:24 AM

    What a wonderful photo.

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  5. EG CameraGirlJuly 9, 2015 at 9:47 AM

    Hmmm. I wonder if there will soon be a glut of goose at the supermarket. Okay, I'm kidding about that but I cannot imagine where they would relocate them to. I know a few areas are coating goose eggs with oil so that they never hatch, which seems like a good way to me to cut down on their ever-increasing numbers.

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  6. 21 WitsJuly 9, 2015 at 9:54 AM

    Lovely picture, especially with the photographer too. Geese are fun to watch but they can be messy creatures, and I know some large companies over here hire folks to walk their dogs around the grounds to scare them off!

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  7. jo(e)July 9, 2015 at 10:11 AM

    I took one look at the photo and thought, "Why aren't you mentioning the GIANT TURTLE that appeared in the park?" Then I realized that it was a statue.

    I'm not sure it's possible to keep geese away. I mean, I know places where they've tried and failed. I wonder what made them leave.

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  8. Billy Blue EyesJuly 9, 2015 at 10:17 AM

    Most likely over this side of the pond in the Thames

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  9. VPJuly 9, 2015 at 10:51 AM

    A very nice photo with an enigma! I am also curious about the big turtle...

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  10. SharonJuly 9, 2015 at 10:59 AM

    I wonder where they would move them to or even how they would move them. Our Japanese Garden closes for the summer but when I go over the fall and winter, it's interesting how the population of birds changes. One time there might be ducks by the hundreds another time there might be just a few ducks. Another time there might be several cormorants and the next time not a sign of them. I always wonder there they go.

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  11. Mike@Bit About BritainJuly 9, 2015 at 11:09 AM

    Could it be some skulduckery is afoot? Have the geese been kidnapped? Possibly captured by aliens naturally posing as giant tortoises?

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  12. TexWisGirlJuly 9, 2015 at 11:26 AM

    aww. i can't imagine 'herding' wild geese would be easy. :)

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  13. John @ Beans and I on the LooseJuly 9, 2015 at 11:29 AM

    I live next to a golf course and the greens-keepers are forever shooing the geese away. They just fly on down to the next water hazard.

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  14. William KendallJuly 9, 2015 at 11:56 AM

    They'd just come back anyway. I like the giant turtle.

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  15. cieldequimperJuly 9, 2015 at 2:29 PM

    It's that tortoise that I like a lot!!

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  16. LOLfromPasaJuly 9, 2015 at 2:52 PM

    The proportions here are amazing. That giant turtle is 'big'.

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  17. Laura. MJuly 9, 2015 at 3:10 PM

    It is very busy. I will come back ;)

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  18. LowellJuly 9, 2015 at 4:49 PM

    I guess that turtle is there just to provide a little comic relief for the ducks and the geese. I've been in areas where Canadian geese prevail and it's usually a rather messy site and sight1 :)

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  19. hamiltonJuly 9, 2015 at 7:23 PM

    Such pesky creatures. Hope the ducks enjoy it while they can because we all know the geese will return.

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  20. JackJuly 9, 2015 at 9:12 PM

    Really? We get many Canada geese around there, but I never heard of packing them up and sending them away.

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  21. RandyJuly 9, 2015 at 9:38 PM

    Fun shot.

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  22. AnonymousJuly 10, 2015 at 4:56 AM

    They all seem to be enjoying themselves in the sunshine in their 'goose free' zone!

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  23. KittyJuly 10, 2015 at 9:16 AM

    oh no. Is it because they're messy?
    I have to wonder at all our human interventions. Oy.

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  24. StephanieJuly 10, 2015 at 12:18 PM

    It is a great shot and love that giant turtle!

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  25. CloudiaJuly 10, 2015 at 9:32 PM

    HONK!

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  26. nurseevJuly 11, 2015 at 12:12 AM

    Pat....The geese don't fly when they are molting which is right now.

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