Homeless in Vancouver: Oh Canada goose!

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      Gaggles of Canada geese arrive with all the fanfare of a traffic jam. A large skein of the angry (sounding) birds woke me with their loud honking last Friday morning as they flew in over False Creek.

      There are now pairs of them all over the Fairview neighbourhood—more than usual, I think.

      "Honk honk" replies the goose atop 1490 West Broadway.
      Stanley Q. Woodvine

      I’ve seen Canada geese sunning themselves on the grounds of the Vancouver General Hospital at West 10th Avenue by Willow Street, roaming the green space in front of the Vancouver school board offices at Fir Street and West 10th, and I’ve witnessed them languidly lounging in little Choklit Park on West 7th Avenue and Spruce Street.

      And this morning, I watched and listened to a pair of them as they alighted opposite each other, here and there, atop the two biggest buildings on the southeast corner of West Broadway and South Granville Street.

      They were loudly discussing (or arguing) about something—where to eat perhaps or which of the two of them loved the other the best.

      We should all be thankful that Canada geese don’t know about cellphones. 

      I'm not sure which of them got in the last word.
      Stanley Q. Woodvine
      Stanley Q. Woodvine is a homeless resident of Vancouver who has worked in the past as an illustrator, graphic designer, and writer. Follow Stanley on Twitter at @sqwabb.

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