Lede o' the Day "For the second time in weeks, a Canadian icon has emerged as the unlikely victor in an existential battle on the ice." www.theguardian.com/environment/... - ThreadSky

helenkennedy.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Lede o' the Day

"For the second time in weeks, a Canadian icon has emerged as the unlikely victor in an existential battle on the ice."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/05/canada-goose-bald-eagle-political-symbolism

Comments

recluse2567.bsky.social•4 days ago

I guess Ben was right. We should have gone with the turkey. They can be very aggressive.

maj8.bsky.social•4 days ago

Canada geese are bitches!

socknarnia11.bsky.social•4 days ago

What an apt metaphor for American and Canadian relations.

kevinkohler.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is what we get, as Americans, for making a piscivore our national bird.

quohaug.bsky.social•4 days ago

Trump backed off from a American Bald Eagle in the Oval once like a kid afraid of a parakeet 🇨🇦

tegeingl.bsky.social•4 days ago

Last year from my living room window I watched a bald eagle take out two Canada geese from the air (which were immediately dragged off by an opportunistic coyote!). But then a group of 8-10 other very mad geese chased it off! There's some inspiration there...

bethannewills.bsky.social•4 days ago

You never, ever challenge a Canada Goose! Cobra chickens!

abunchofmalarkey.bsky.social•4 days ago

Elbows Up! 🇨🇦

nom-de-plum.bsky.social•4 days ago

ALBATROSS!!

martinrayner.bsky.social•4 days ago

Assume you're channelling Monty Python there... somehow. Funny nonetheless.

nom-de-plum.bsky.social•4 days ago

😂 Stormy Petrel On A Stick!

martinrayner.bsky.social•4 days ago

Brilliant timing of this metaphorical clash of birds (both of which are actually quite nasty in their own peculiar ways... but we'll leave that aside for the sake of this delightful conflict).

brienmcmullen.bsky.social•4 days ago

You know, bald eagles really are scavengers and nest raiders.
I see them scared off by Crows and Starlings all the time.

egoode.bsky.social•4 days ago

They hunt fish. That's about it.

brienmcmullen.bsky.social•4 days ago

That's true.
I have seen one fish.
But at the wetlands near our house, we learned that they wait for the tide to go out and if there are any injured birds or ducks they'll eat those.
They'll also kill our chickens, but mostly it's hawks that do that.

madgemlaments.bsky.social•4 days ago

“The eagle is a scavenger, a thief, and a coward!”

“What bird would you rather have?”

“The turkey!”

Quote may not be 100% accurate!

hurricanealice.bsky.social•4 days ago

Listen. You don’t mess with Canada geese. A guy I know volunteered at a wildlife rehab center and got his arm broken when he picked one up improperly. All the goose did was flap his wings. They are crazy strong

danlather.bsky.social•4 days ago

Man geese are assholes. I think about how weird it is that they're so linked with Canada and then I remember Nickelback.

agill99.bsky.social•4 days ago

Was whiskey involved?

mrsdianek.bsky.social•4 days ago

Cobra Chicken.

marcothejoe.bsky.social•4 days ago

First off, the Canadian will always have the advantage on ice, this is like an NFL player going against an NHL player on ice, everyone knows who wins ten times out of ten. Second, I did not have another thing to add, it just sounded good to start with the phrase first off.

dadavies.bsky.social•4 days ago

Anyone who fucks with a Canada goose is asking for trouble.

atomicdumpling.bsky.social•4 days ago

That bird is from Hell.

Mean
Vicious
Bites hard
Takes your alimony
Will attack you in your car
Tries to speak to your manager

The other is a garbage eater