conversation with geese, part 2

[darkoshi]

A goose is on the nest by the picnic area again. I walk towards my usual table, coming around from the back side rather than walking right by the nest.

As I start to sit down, a Swoosh sound as the other goose comes flying out of nowhere at me. (Whoa, I haven't had one do that before.) It lands a few feet away and hisses.

Me: What? I can't sit here?

Goose: HISS! HISSSSSS!!!!

Me: Really? You're not going to let me sit here?

Goose: HISSSS!!

Me: Oh, okay. ::grumble:: I'll go sit somewhere else then. You scared me away.

I walk to one of the other tables further away.

..

A tree branch hangs over the walkway. Sometimes I have to duck to avoid it smacking into my face. But I always enjoy watching its leaf buds as they develop.

Comments

[randomdreams]

I'm thinking you could take an umbrella along and pop it open all sudden-like and those geese might re-evaluate how willing they are to contest ownership of the park bench.

[darkoshi]

I don't think it would be difficult to intimidate the geese around there, though I've never really tried to do it. Sometimes I like to play around to see what reactions I can get from them, like when they honk at me, honking back in a sing-song voice. But I try not to scare them; I get more satisfaction in being able to walk by a group of them without them fleeing in alarm, than the opposite. :)

"You scared me away" was sort of a joke... ie. the boyfriend(?) goose getting all puffed up and saying to the other one "I'll take care of this problem, my love!" and trying to scare me away... so me giving in and letting them have their pride :)

[marahmarie]

Me: Oh, okay. ::grumble:: I'll go sit somewhere else then. You scared me away.

That's hilarious, and so cute. Equally both, actually.

I do that with our cats sometimes, pretend to let them win: "Oh, you got me, you killed me, I'm dead" if they so much as swat at me, or something. It's just fun. :)

[darkoshi]

"You killed me, I'm dead" is even better :D

I wonder how the goose would react if I said "Ahhh!!! You scared me to death, I'm dead!" and slumped over on the bench with my eyes closed.

But I'm being polite now and avoiding that particular table until they stop nesting there.

[marahmarie]

I wonder how the goose would react if I said "Ahhh!!! You scared me to death, I'm dead!" and slumped over on the bench with my eyes closed.

You gotta try that sometime, then let us know here how it went! I love it.

But I'm being polite now and avoiding that particular table until they stop nesting there.

Yeah, I'd probably favor kinda just letting them have their own thing at this point, as well.