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Old January 30th 09, 09:21 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bob Kuykendall
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On Jan 30, 12:41*pm, wrote:
...one Canada goose, 2 Canada geese....


Absolutely, hence the quote marks around "Canadian Geese."

We had a pair of Canada geese at our house when I was growing up. They
were fiercely territorial and made great watch animals. The one we
called Warpaint once grabbed onto an unruly stray dog with his beak
and proceeded to beat the living crap out of it with the knobs at the
elbows of his wings. It was a sight, and that dog gave our house a
wide berth ever after.

BTW, some knee jerk reactors out there called for jet intake screens
for such avian collisions....


Yeah, I heard that on an NPR show a few days after the incident.
Amtrak is ready when they are.

Thanks, Bob K.