Southington Conn. -- -- Wild Canadian Geese have flocked the campus of Lincoln College of New England (formerly Briarwood). Students have been puzzled by the sudden increase in geese and their “droppings” since the weather is still extremely cold and hasn’t been showing any signs of warming up in the near future.
Commuters and residents alike have been concerned with the accumulation of goose droppings. “When I was walking back to my dorm, I almost stepped on some of the goose poop!” Marieme Ngom, a resident of the college, exclaimed. The evidence that the birds are at the college is clear, and officials have yet to say what they plan to do for the clean-up and removal of the droppings. This however is a main concern brought to the public’s attention by numerous students.
Jessica Sabatasso had a rather entertaining story about an encounter she had with a particular goose, “I was walking back to my dorm and there were a bunch of geese blocking the sidewalk. They wouldn’t move” she reported, “I started to stomp at them, well; it was more of a shuffle stomp. Anyways, so I was stomping and most of the geese moved, except one, so I chased it, and it ran, squawking the whole way, angrily. Then it edged closer to the curb and its flipper slipped and he fell off the curb. He then squawked, chased and snapped at me then walked away.”
“They are cute to look at but their feces are… well abundant” said Rebecca Okraska, who also witnessed Sabatasso’s goose incident. Most students agree that the geese are more of an annoyance than something cute to look at. But nonetheless the geese are back from the south and it doesn’t look like they have any indication of going back soon.
-Elyse Theroux
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