How about some joy…

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Thank you Sharon for sharing.

36 thoughts on “How about some joy…”

        1. They don’t have their passports or their citizenship papers yet, so not Canadian.
          But that little thing aside, I hesitated to comment on this post at first. But now that I have jumped into the deep end of the pool, I might as well add my two bits’ worth, even if I get rocks thrown at me and will drown in that pool. If these people knew that the geese have nested there for several years in a row, why didn’t they prevent them from doing that again, given that it’s “not a safe place for raising children”? They could have discouraged the nesting part of the process and then the geese would have nested somewhere else instead of putting those goslings at risk. Also, it pained me to see those geese walking so far (they are not meant to walk that far at one time – in nature they would fly) but because they wouldn’t leave their children, they walked to keep up. So they are stressed and their legs are working overtime. Was it my imagination that one of the geese was limping a bit? And now this scenario is doomed to repeat itself next year. I know we all like to see wildlife up close, and in some ways I’m as guilty of the same thing, but these geese (both goslings and parents) were stressed and in the wrong place and to my mind should not have been encouraged to be there. Sorry to be a black cloud. Really I am.

          1. Great points and I agree, but I also think this pair is going to keep coming to the inner city whether that particular building is blocked or not. At this point, it’s probably better for the whole goose fam to remain expected.

          2. I kept thinking about the guy down below with the net. What if he missed catching the little guy? It’s not so easy to catch a tiny creature plummeting down a building.

          3. No, and I doubt that I myself would try it because awful things stay with me too long! However, little creatures die out in the wild all the time. Big ones, too. It’s part of this imperfect world, though some would call it part of the food chain.

          4. Exactly, and that’s why I think they might have a better chance out by the water where they would normally nest. There are enough risks in their natural environment without adding cement buildings and vehicular traffic into the mix.

          5. I hear you Anneli. Most of us, me included, would have taken the path of leave it alone for fear of disrupting the nest would result in larger damage. Sort of like me watching the geese nesting on the marina docks in the direct pathway of foot traffic. They come back year after year. Why not sweep the nest off before she begins nesting in earnest? Or, what has happened. Leave it alone. Now there is little stress in this location for the goslings. But that’s where I land.

          6. I thought of that dock situation when I saw your post about the building nest. I worried about them on the dock too, but not as much as these guys high up on the building. No wonder they say, “Silly goose.” It’s hard to know what to do when you see them endangering themselves like that.

  2. THANK YOU so very much for sharing David and Sharon. With all the darkness that main stream media is constantly burying us in, it was very healing to watch good people doing good things! THIS is the type of news that I would like to be buried in! Peace.

  13. David, I now know I need a new career! I also have tears of joy and want to hug those fantastic volunteers! Oh Canada! *biggest grin* Thank you, David! Cher xoxoxo

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