Canada geese, the best mothers ever

[Catherine]

We are the biggest nuisance on the planet. The mother geese are usually nesting along the lake or a stream. They wouldn't be on private property. They were probably in a public park. Every year someone hurts a mother goose. I just wish we could catch the people who are so cruel.

We have starlings, but not in the numbers you do. We have a lot of pigeons. They hang around subway stations. They have a machine that imitates the cry of a hawk. It is quite startling, except for the pigeons who are not fooled and just ignore it. Some people think they are a nuisance, but I like it when a pigeon shares my lunch.

It is not the animal that is the problem, it is the attitude of the person.