Subject: [Tweeters] Canada geese and bird strikes
Date: Jan 20 15:38:33 2009
From: Brien Meilleur - brienm at live.com



Hello Tweets,
I too have been unhappy about the "bad rap" that birds in general, and Canada geese in particular, have gotten in the major media following the water landing of the US Airways Airbus in the Hudson River following what's described as a "bird strike." If indeed Canada geese are found to be the "culprits," the incorrectness of this negative attribution to birds in general and to Canada geese in particular resides in the likelihood that these birds were more likely the progeny of birds ("maxima"?) that were introduced into the New York City area for purposes of park and garden "adornment" (and possibly poorly planned "recovery" efforts) in the 1960s, rather than being from truly wild migratory populations. Thus, the ultimate "culprits" in this accident are more likely the humans and the municipalities responsible for these introductions, which resulted in the sedentarization and rapid population growth of the introduced birds, rather than the birds themselves.
Brien Meilleur
Lake Forest Park, WA
brienm at live.com

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