Bird strikes around airports are an under reported hazard

Thousands of Canadian Geese are being rounded up around the parks and open spaces surrounding New York City’s two major airports. New York City officials gave the order to remove the flocks of geese after they forced down a US Airways jet into the Hudson in January.

Of course, animal rights activists are upset. But if you go to any large park or playing field in the Northeast, you’ll find flocks of Canadian Geese. What I don’t understand is how a bird that is so ubiquitous can be considered endangered and needs protection. As a soccer coach for my daughter’s team, I have to say that I find the birds to be a public health hazard. They are poop machines, defecating up to a pound of poop a day. Our soccer fields are covered with geese poops. It’s so disgusting the girls won’t play.

My solution is this: lets round them all up and serve them with some stuffing and gravy for the city’s hungry. Actually, cooked goose is a delicacy.