On Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 3:50:38 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-12-13 8:00 a.m., notbob wrote:
> > On 12/12/2018 10:00 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
> >
> >> Notbob, I know you want to be accurate, so let me tell you that it is
> >> NEVER
> >> "Canadian," as in Canadian Geese/Goose.Â* It is ALWAYS "CANADA Goose,
> >> Canada Geese."
> >
> > I stand (sit, recline, whatever works) corrected.
> >
> > I was totally unaware it was an "issue".
> >
> > "There were a buncha "big ass, ring-necked," geese, from somewhere North
> > of here, floating down my river.Â* Never seen such a thing!"
> >
> > Howzat?Â*
>
> I think the issue is the name of the species, not their citizenship.
> There are Canada Geese who live up here and migrate south for the
> winter. Lots of them move to southern Ontario where they can still find
> open water, and many others fly further south in the US. There are also
> Canada geese who spend their entire lives there. In fact the hunting
> seasons are set up to differentiate. I can't remember if it is open
> during the migration so they can pick off the illegal aliens, or if it
> is closed down during the migration to allow them to pass through.

Them boids is pretty as a picture. I'd rather see a picture of them rather than mingle among them. It was kind of frightful the first time I come to meet up with them giant boids in the Twin Cities. There was slimy shit everywhere. That's reality for ya. Sometimes it ain't so pretty.