Canada geese: What you may not know about the pesky national symbol
Many Canadians are familiar with the honking and hissing that marks the beginning of the spring season, some might be more intimately familiar with the feeling of large wings batting about the sides of their head, but one thing is for certain: most Canadians have a Canada goose story.
Canada geese flying in their V formation are usually one of the first signs of the return of warm weather, but it also marks the return of the pesky waterfowl taking over our waterfronts, golf courses and parks. Here鈥檚 what you should know about the birds that have become a national symbol.
...And our finely manicured lawns and golf courses are a high-quality meal for a goose.
鈥淚t's no fault of theirs, we've created the problem in providing these huge expanses of lawns and golf courses, airports and so on, and geese just love to feed on grasses,鈥� David Bird, emeritus professor of wildlife biology at 平特五不中, told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview on Wednesday.