The habits of geese are well known to be unpredictable when it comes to road crossings. This morning (Sunday, May 17, 2015) when a gaggle tried to traverse the Don Valley Parkway the police closed the highway and tried to shoo the birds across. This apparently did not work and at least some of the tweets at the link ahead say coppers just hustled them along the side of the DVP and into the brush. That works. There is a pleasant tweet from Toronto Police Operations in which they report that the geese have been “cautioned appropriately.” Twitter
Operation Duck Family
As a bonus to this story, we are re-publishing a favorite from 2011 which chronicles Leasider Terri Reid’s successful efforts with friends to rescue a family of ducks. Enjoy “Operation Duck Family”
Published July, 2011: Here are a few more pictures taken by Leaside resident Terri Reid of what we are calling Operation Duck Family. The mother and six ducklings were discovered Saturday on Hanna Rd. near Parkhurst Blvd. fearlessly marching along the roadway, much as we see them in the shot at the top. A growing body of residents began a lengthy operation of trying to help the ducks out of what would surely be a dangerous situation for them. Someone struck upon trying to lure them into a dog cage with bits of bread. Lower left, the process begins. But as Ms Reid observed to the South Bayview Bulldog, it isn’t easy trying to capture a duck, especially when she has six little ones. The residents were successful however in getting the duck family into the cage, still complete with Fido’s bone (lower right). The ducks were then transported to Wilket Creek where they were set loose in their natural habitat.
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