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Goosenapper or opportunistic raccoon on the loose in the Fenway?

By adamg on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 6:41pm
Forlorn mama goose in the Fenway

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Hillary spotted this poor mother goose in the Fenway today, along with a sign from an outraged person about how her eggs have been stolen and demanding justice for mother, now resorting to sitting on tennis balls and apples, apparently.

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Comments

By Whurlz on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 7:04pm.

There's nothing sadder than a bereft mother, of any species. Yet, the baser part of me can't help thinking two things: 1) It's not like Canada Geese aren't breeding enough, for God's sake, and 2) Can passive-aggressive notes really be used to shame raccoons, foxes, and other egg-stealing creatures? Who knew?

By be on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 7:06pm.

OTOH, did see a video of a fox in Chernobyl make itself a Dagwood sandwich, so anything might be possible.

(Found a dead sparrow on a neighbor's sidewalk today. If it's not gone by tonight, am going to bury it; poor thing.)

By anon on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 7:31pm.

I be someone stole them for dinner =(

By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 10:44pm.

Unless they were immediately out of the goose, fertilized eggs that have developed some are really not edible.

If it was a human perpetrator, which is possible, it probably had to do with population control or just meanassness. Given the nest location, I'd bet possum or raccoon involvement.

By anon on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 7:24am.

Never heard of balut? (although it's duck, not goose.)

By SwirlyGrrl on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 9:30pm.

I guess there must be a Rule 34 of the Internet, but for Things People Eat:

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By Gary C on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 4:11pm.

It burns!

By Cuzidotrumpet on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 7:47pm.

In addition to bankrupting capitalist economies and other mischievous deeds, the devilish Communists are now sending agents to steal eggs and destroy our bird populations!

Watch out for the Comintern! They come for your sunscreen...then they came for the wildlife...and when there was nothing left on the continent, they came for your homes and built nuke factories over them!

By John Costello on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 7:55pm.

I hope some raccoon got so stuffed they could only go through dumpsters on Kilmarnock and not Queensbury Street today.

These geese are the most annoying Canadian things outpacing Bieber, P.K. Subban and Geddy Lee by furlongs.

I hope the note writer has never set out a mousetrap or swatted a mosquito. They have moms too you know.

By ibliotequetressnotloggedin... on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 8:11pm.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 10:58pm.

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By Waquiot on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 11:10pm.

But while your Bruins and Canucks are playing golf, his Flames are still in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

By SwirlyGrrl on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 11:40am.

My brother lives in Central Alberta. All Flames, all the time ;)

The Flames are now asking that people not bring their duck hunting guns to this playoff round's games. Freaking Texas with snow. Fun times!

By Waquiot on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 1:57pm.

The Cruzes left Calgary due to the snow.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

By the way, the toddler is rooting for Anaheim. This is not going over well in our household. I think he just hates Johnny Gaudreau.

By Steeve on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 2:10pm.

I thought Ted Cruz was on record saying he didn't like flames?

By Chris Lynch on Tue, 05/05/2015 - 4:31am.

I don't know about that but I do know he's on record disavowing his Canadian citizenship. For what practical reason, I do not know. Is being a secret Canadian a thing pols in DC must guard against?

Canada, that hell hole that regulated its banks well enough to avoid the most damaging impacts of the great recession.

By adamg on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 11:17pm.

It was bigger than most.

By Katia on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 11:38am.

with a crew and good captain well seasoned

By roadman on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 11:33am.

post Dream Street Rose.

By Alex L on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 8:35pm.

Geddy Lee is the god of all prog rock nerds...how dare you!

By Brian Riccio on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 9:38pm.

that time that I had Lee and Alex Lifeson in a van after a show at the Worcester Centrum. As the throngs of bearded Rush fan started to rush the van as we left the backstage, Lee turned to Lifeson and said,


"Our fans...they love us and we can't fucking stand them."

By Scratchie on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 9:11am.

Worshipers owe their deities obeisance, not the other way around. Seriously, though, not to justify the assholery, but he's hardly the only rock star (or star, period) to express similar sentiments. Fame can be a double-edged sword, as you probably know better than most of us, DVD.

By anon on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 9:26am.

How about a few signs of OUTRAGE for the heartless opiate dealers in the Fenway Victory Gardens? Your taxpayer dollars at work as EMS and BFD vehicles respond to 911 overdoses and get stuck in the mud.
Geese feces pose a public health problem and the Park Dept. oils the eggs each Spring to control (somewhat) the invasive population of bread-fed birds. Death by heroin and benzodiazepines may rank slightly higher in the top ten things to get bent out of shape over.

By Gary C on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 10:14am.

Don't you love how this thread about stolen eggs turned into a discussion of rockstar/fan relations?

By Deirdre Murphy on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 10:38am.

Canada geese stopped in for dinner and never left. Anyone remember "What about Bob" with Bill Murray? I say hooray for the goose egg nappers. They are doing what the animal control people can't; rid us of aggressive, giant turd laying imports.

By moxie on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 1:44pm.

Fowl on fowl crime!

By anon on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 4:21pm.

They are probably adopting them to build a naval force to control the Muddy and Charles rivers with an iron beak.

By Waquiot on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 1:59pm.

To get an award?

I was at the Emerald Necklace this morning. The geese are ruining it. Population control via removing the eggs seems to be the most humane way to handle it. If the mom doesn't like it, go some place where there are no people.

Honestly, Olmsted would be shitting bricks if he saw the state of the park he designed, and it's not the fault of humans.

By Steeve on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 2:13pm.

Or shitting pinkie-long green bricks that anyone who walks through the Fens has to avoid.

Seriously, walking from the MFA to Park Drive is like a goose-shit obstacle course.

By Sally on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 2:48pm.

I am an animal lover but boy, have a cone to despise these geese. Poop machines. The Fenway is bad but also the Esplanade, the Emerald Necklace, the Franklin Park golf course...ugh. Vile.

By Neal on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 7:04pm.

"Geese are assholes". Anyhow, I get the feeling that the Environmental Police aren't going to care a bit if someone calls about this. It's not like Canada geese are endangered, plus officials from Fish & Wildlife regularly oil Canada goose eggs to control their out of control population.