# Why do people hate on Canada geese? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 2, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-on-canada-geese/982008 "2023-04-02T01:37:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 133
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-on-canada-geese/982008/133 "2023-05-05T04:37:49Z")
It still feels like early Spring here in downstate NY, rather than sunny May (rainy and chilly today, 50 degrees) but it’s gosling season. On my way to and from work I pass a road with undeveloped open space where the geese nest. Usually, I see goslings by early April, but today is the first day this year that I’ve seen them. They weren’t very big, so they must have hatched just a few days ago. I would think that they’re cute if I could forget that they’ll grow up to be big annoying geese. And waiting in my car at a traffic light this afternoon, I saw 2 Canada geese cross at the crosswalk. Many thoughts went through my head (Smart geese! They know to cross at the crosswalk! No, it’s just a coincidence. If the light turns while they’re crossing will I wait so I don’t run them over? Maybe I wish I could run them over but it would be too risky and messy…) So many thoughts, in fact, that I made a poll about it: > [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3220): > > You’re waiting at a traffic light and see 2 Canada geese cross at the crosswalk. You think: [poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3220) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-on-canada-geese/982008)._