Tweets,
Appartently my comment was a little to crafty and I should have described
myself more. I am aware that the nesting Canada goose subspecies is really
not native to the Seattle area, my point is that with the news clip
"Canada Geese were introduced to the Seattle area some 30 years ago" means
to most people with no knowledge of the natural world that Canada Geese
are simply not native to the Seattle area, in fact I was asked the other
day how Canada Geese were first introduced to the Seattle area. I really
wish that the news would say that the nesting subspecies was introduced.
How many people normally would even know there are CAGO subspecies? The
news needs to inform people (gee that sounded naive didn't it).

Scott Downes
sdownes at u.washington.edu
Seattle WA

"Birds don't read bird books. (That's why they are seen doing things they
are not supposed to do)." -Mary Wood


On Thu, 6 May 1999, K Scarbrough wrote:

> Tweets,
>
> I caught a snippet on the radio along the same lines as Scott. The tiny
bit I heard was saying that Canada Geese were relocated here from eastern
Washington. About that time I passed under the convention center and ...
>
> Kirk Scarbrough
> Kent, WA
>
> Tweets,
> On the geese thread, did anybody else catch the comment that one of the
> local news stations made that "Canada Geese were introduced to the Seattle
> area about 30 years ago", gee I wonder were they were introduced from....
> Everett, Olympia (or any other northwest city) ;). I think they were
> trying to imply that it was not natural for the geese to nest in the urban
> area so readily, but I suspect many people who do not know the natural
> history of the Canada Goose might get the impression that the CAGO is just
> another introduced pest, like H. Sparrows, Starlings. Score another point
> for the famed media introducing yet another piece of misinformation.
>
> Scott Downes
> sdownes at u.washington.edu
> Seattle WA
>
> "Birds don't read bird books. (That's why they are seen doing things they
> are not supposed to do)." -Mary Wood
>
>