# We have goose eggs! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249 "2025-05-11T13:34:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/1 "2025-05-11T13:34:21Z")
Not me personally. A restaurant in Regina, in the Earl’s chain. They had a couple of big planters outside their main entrance, and Mama Goose decided one of them was the perfect spot for a nest. Daddy Goose is also involved, hanging out in a local green space. There’s apparently 7 or 8 eggs. The restaurant has put up protective fencing around the planter area. > **[No reservation required: Goose builds nest near entrance to Regina Earls...](https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/no-reservation-required-goose-builds-nest-near-entrance-to-regina-earls-restaurant)** > > In a uniquely Canadian story, a mother goose has laid seven eggs in a flower pot near the entrance of an Earls restaurant in east Regina. > **[Meet the Canada goose greeting Regina restaurant patrons](https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/meet-the-canada-goose-greeting-regina-restaurant-patrons/)** > > The Earls in east Regina is more than just a restaurant these days. It has also become the nesting ground for a Canada goose that has laid seven eggs in front of the building Paging @Siam_Sam ! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/2 "2025-05-11T13:39:16Z")
Just chiming in to say I saw the post title “We have goose eggs!” In the ‘Latest’ column with a ‘0’ for the post count- in other words, a goose egg. I was amused. But now I’ve ruined the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/3 "2025-05-11T14:50:48Z")
Eat those fuckers before they emerge and start attacking everything they see. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Xv9UZEOFsVw/maxresdefault.jpg "Geese: Peace Was Never an Option") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv9UZEOFsVw) Fun fact: the titular alien in Ridley Scott’s 1979 survival horror sci-fi film of that name was originally a goose film in close up to male it look human-sized but this so terrified test audiences that 20th Century Fox gave Scott $12M to have artist H.R Giger design a less horrifying xenomorph and reshoot much of the nearly-completed film. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/4 "2025-05-11T14:56:53Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Eat those fuckers before they emerge and start attacking everything they see. They’re federally protected under the _Migratory Birds Convention Act_. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/5 "2025-05-11T18:33:58Z")
The migratory ducks that spend their Spring in our neighborhood often nest in odd places and are protected by people. Doesn’t seem like it’s an especially uniquely Canadian thing. Unless it’s just because they’re geese? ---
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/6 "2025-05-11T18:57:24Z")
(Un-commented, sorry misread) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/7 "2025-05-11T19:10:39Z")
I’ve seen an Egret egg. In the crook of a tree. Kinda confused me. I knew they had been at the pond. I looked it up and compared the eggs(by photo), and realized it was the Egrets. I just couldn’t get my head around the fact they nest up in trees. Not very high. But, still. Regretful Egret. Lost a family member. It’s in my curiosity cabinet. Pretty greenish blue. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/8 "2025-05-11T19:39:37Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Doesn’t seem like it’s an especially uniquely Canadian thing. Unless it’s just because they’re geese? It’s the location. The restaurant is in the heart of big box territory, with lots of traffic (car and people), well away from the creek and the lake, where we normally find the geese. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/9 "2025-05-11T19:47:55Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Fun fact: the titular alien in Ridley Scott’s 1979 survival horror sci-fi film of that name was originally a goose film in close up to male it look human-sized but this so terrified test audiences that 20th Century Fox gave Scott $12M to have artist H.R Giger design a less horrifying xenomorph and reshoot much of the nearly-completed film. Is that true, or are you just being funny? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/10 "2025-05-11T19:54:43Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Is that true, or are you just being funny? [![](https://a-z-animals.com/media/2022/01/shutterstock_1758279911.jpg) ](https://a-z-animals.com/media/2022/01/shutterstock_1758279911.jpg) > [Ash](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000453/?ref_=ttqu_qu): You still don’t understand what you’re dealing with, do you? The perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. > [Lambert](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001021/?ref_=ttqu_qu): You admire it. > [Ash](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000453/?ref_=ttqu_qu): I admire its purity. A survivor… unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality. > [Parker](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001433/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Look, I am… I’ve heard enough of this, and I’m asking you to pull the plug. > [_Ripley goes to disconnect Ash, who interrupts_] > [Ash](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000453/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Last word. > [Ripley](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000244/?ref_=ttqu_qu): What? > [Ash](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000453/?ref_=ttqu_qu): I can’t lie to you about your chances, but… you have my sympathies Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/11 "2025-05-11T20:00:16Z")
It is adorable that mommy Goose found her a great place. She’ll be well taken care of. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/12 "2025-05-11T20:22:29Z")
We have wild turkeys in our neighborhood. I carry a metal hiking stick for just that reason. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/13 "2025-05-11T21:28:58Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > It’s the location. The restaurant is in the heart of big box territory, with lots of traffic (car and people), well away from the creek and the lake, where we normally find the geese. O.k., but still not so unique. Happens here on the regular. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/14 "2025-05-11T23:44:32Z")
The Mommy Goose was just doing her duty. Full of eggs? Build a nest and Sit on it. In Canada or where ever. No its not unique. But her chosen location seems odd. And it caused a little joy in the townsfolk. It’s a fun thing. 😊 I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/15 "2025-05-12T13:17:46Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > > [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > > > Eat those fuckers before they emerge and start attacking everything they see. > > They’re federally protected under the _Migratory Birds Convention Act_. This is specifically the reason why I’m in favor of the Head Cheeto ending birthrite citizenship & deporting _all_ w/o proper paperwork! They _were_ migrating thru but then decided they liked it better here then winters in the Great White North (koo-roo-koo-koo…)The illegal aliens who cross at the southern border don’t shit all over our parks, aggressively try to defend their shanties when you’re merely walking by, nor do they honk as loudly. Send 'em the eff back across the northern border & _don’t_ allow them back in by making us purchase new flags w/ an additional star. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/16 "2025-05-12T13:36:45Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Eat those fuckers I have been looking for goose, but it is not easily available, even at specialty stores here. We get Canada geese here, but they might be hard to trap. I also really want to roast a peacock, there are some feral peacocks and hens in one suburb not too far but it is super hippie, so my chances of snagging one are low. I have done guineafowl, but they are basically poulet chickens, with a gamier taste. But a roast goose: fit for a king! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/17 "2025-05-18T16:46:56Z")
They hatched! Seven goslings. > [@](#): > > Wildlife Rescue Society of Saskatchewan (WRSOS) arrived at the site to help bring the family to water, as required for baby geese. > > “We had support from wildlife rescue and some ladies that work at Safeway,” said Sarah Groff, general manager of Earls. > > “We got the babies safely in a net, mom and dad followed calmly.” > **[Canada goose who picked Regina restaurant as nesting spot welcomes goslings](https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/canada-goose-who-picked-regina-restaurant-as-nesting-spot-welcomes-goslings/)** > > A Canada goose who picked a Regina restaurant as a nesting spot has welcomed seven goslings. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/18 "2025-05-18T17:09:58Z")
If you can’t get goose, how about flamingo. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3r1weUhf5EI/maxresdefault.jpg "How To Host An Ancient Roman Dinner") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r1weUhf5EI) In fairness, he said he couldn’t get a flamingo, so he used a duck instead. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249/19 "2025-05-19T01:55:58Z")
Thanks very much for the link. Fascinating!