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Geese shut down major Toronto Highway - Catherine - 06-12-2016
Today a family of geese on the move shut down a major Toronto road. Drivers just had to wait while the police escorted the mother an babies across the road.
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Geese and ducks are forever wandering across highways, even runways. Traffic always stops and drivers just have to wait. You can't hurry a goose and goslings.
I think it is s sign that we are okay when we are willing to shut down a major road while geese are crossing. If you don't have time to wait for a mother goose, what do you have time to wait for.
RE: Geese shut down major Toronto Highway - Cibach - 06-15-2016
One of my Dad's favourite poems was Leisure by the Welsh poet W.H. Davies.
I think it sums up the sentiment exactly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisure_(poem)
Whenever I see or hear of incidences like the Mother goose, this poem springs to mind.
RE: Geese shut down major Toronto Highway - Catherine - 06-16-2016
The poem sums it up perfectly. The geese and ducks force us to stop and look once in a while. I think it is good that drivers have to stop for wildlife. They are not good at stopping for pedestrians and cyclists.