I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war

[Anonymous]

OP, you should have stopped. taken the goose home.

neighbor would have thought you were doing the right thing by rescuing the bird, when in all actually you are going to butcher it and make a meal of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you should have stopped. taken the goose home.

neighbor would have thought you were doing the right thing by rescuing the bird, when in all actually you are going to butcher it and make a meal of it.

Yuck. The local geese probably taste like a cross between Tru-Green chemlawn fertilizer and bus exhaust.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been a birder for a very long time. No one I know in the birding community would be upset about what op did. Geese are taking over and in many cases it would be very unsafe to stop your car after an accident with an animal. The hysteria is ridiculous.

Oh nos! You must be another bird murderer! How dare you make sense and not chastise OP!

The pps desperately trying to keep this thread going are super annoying.

Yup, oh and Hi annoying person!

[Anonymous]

You deserve the guilt because you were too impatient to wait for a gaggle to cross. Shame on you.

[Anonymous]

Op here with a final update.

I did write to the Nexdoor thread, since it had died down enough I felt like there wouldn’t be a lot of responses, and just said (as recommended here) that I didn’t realize the bird was dead, I thought I nicked it, I feel terrible now that I realize what’s been going on and how hurt people are, and I’m glad for the support of the neighborhood in protecting these birds.
Something to that affect.
So hopefully this issue is put to rest, like the bird in it’s pond side grave, and my neighborhood can move on to the prior hot topic issue of teenagers milling around the playground after dark.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been a birder for a very long time. No one I know in the birding community would be upset about what op did. Geese are taking over and in many cases it would be very unsafe to stop your car after an accident with an animal. The hysteria is ridiculous.

Oh nos! You must be another bird murderer! How dare you make sense and not chastise OP!

+1

Np. I'm a vegetarian for animal rights reasons. My family and I are bird watchers, and love going to our park and just watching the geese and ducks in the pond. BUT, I don't think op is terrible in the least. Accidents happen.

[Anonymous]

This thread has actually restored my faith in humanity based on the number of people correctly calling them Canada geese.

Thank you for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you should have stopped. taken the goose home.

neighbor would have thought you were doing the right thing by rescuing the bird, when in all actually you are going to butcher it and make a meal of it.

Yuck. The local geese probably taste like a cross between Tru-Green chemlawn fertilizer and bus exhaust.

At least the ones in Gaithersburg. Yuck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread has actually restored my faith in humanity based on the number of people correctly calling them Canada geese.

Thank you for that.

+1

[Anonymous]

Classic thread!
“I just nicked it” needs to become DCUM shorthand for a mistake that is actually far worse than initially thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s cold of you to have nicked one or run it over without stopping and at least showing concern. I think it’s cold hearted. You very well know that it doesn’t take five minutes for them to cross the road. You were impatient and could’ve waited.

Now legally speaking, I don’t think anyone can do anything to you and you should just keep quiet and hope your house doesn’t get toilet papered.

How should you show concern to a goose? Have you ever been close to one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In MoCo you are supposed to call animal control to investigate if you hit or injure wildlife.

I hit a deer in Potomac ... called animal control ... police officer showed up and shot it in the head with his service revolver.

I think I drove past this! Was surprised.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Classic thread!
“I just nicked it” needs to become DCUM shorthand for a mistake that is actually far worse than initially thought.

Stop. Just stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s cold of you to have nicked one or run it over without stopping and at least showing concern. I think it’s cold hearted. You very well know that it doesn’t take five minutes for them to cross the road. You were impatient and could’ve waited.

Now legally speaking, I don’t think anyone can do anything to you and you should just keep quiet and hope your house doesn’t get toilet papered.

How should you show concern to a goose? Have you ever been close to one?

Hahahahaha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Classic thread!
“I just nicked it” needs to become DCUM shorthand for a mistake that is actually far worse than initially thought.

Stop. Just stop.

No.