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www.oakvillebeaver.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, April 16, 2010 · 2 Legion will let mother nature take its course Continued from page1 Richarz can attest to the mother goose's extreme maternal instinct. "She got a little belligerent when I went around the back there the other day. I had gone to get some traffic pylons out and she was a little upset about that and followed me all over the place," he said. "When you get too close, they'll start hissing, but I can tell you right now, if they come after you and they're real mad they'll hurt you pretty good with their beak or their wings, even their webbed feet have little claws on them." Richarz said the first beer deliveryman to attempt to use the chute, after the arrival of the geese, had so much trouble with them he aborted his efforts. Instead, he carried the beer cases down to the Legion's clubroom where he recommended the Legion call the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and have the geese and nest removed. The Legion decided against this, however, with Richarz saying that if the geese and nest were removed, there was no guarantee the mother would sit back on the nest once it was deposited in a new location. "We're just going to leave it and let nature take its course," said Richarz. "The beer truck delivery guys will just have to suffer a little extra work and haul the stuff downstairs if they want to make their money. They have a little more physical "When you get too close they'll start hissing, but I can tell you right now, if they come after you and they're real mad, they'll hurt you pretty good with their beak or their wings, even their webbed feet have little claws on them." Rick Richarz, president Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 486 NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER OTHER DOOR PLEASE: Beer Store deliveryman Neil Harris finds his path to the beer chute at the Bronte Legion building on Jones Street blocked by a protective nesting mother goose. work involved, which probably won't kill them." While the geese may not be that popular among beer delivery personnel, they have generated considerable interest among the membership at the Legion with a couple members, dubbed `mother goose protectors' volunteering to keep the mother goose from being disturbed. Heather McGaw heard about the goose from a friend, who is a member at the Bronte Legion, and stopped by with her son David to see and photograph the unusual nesting site. "This vent (above the nest site) keeps her warm so that's why she picked this spot," said McGaw. "It's just an unusual spot, it's in the back of the parking lot of the Bronte Legion." The strange scene inspired McGaw to do some research on the Canada Goose and points out that when the eggs hatch, in about a month, and the birds leave, the Bronte Legion should remove the nest as mother geese have a tendency of using the same nests year after year. If this happens, beer delivery personnel could be doing extra legwork at the Bronte Legion for a very long time. Spring inTO SUMMER WITH ... 7 DAYS ONLY Saturday, April 17 to Saturday, April 24 (Closed Monday, April 19) 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Best Wine & Beer Sale lar tch at regund ba Buy oned get the seco price an Ein Stein's Price 1/2 R ti rvice17 oa rday April 24. Limit 4 ba apply 81 North Serday, Aprilned unithl Satuother offer. Some restrictions 4 Satu any w Offer valid be combi Cannot on Site ed by You Prepar -B cu ER 337) 825s perEstomer. (2 d W. (905) tche 3 3rd Line 4 4th Line 481 North Service Road W. (just west of Dorval) HOURS: MON. CLOSED, TUES.-FRI. 12-8, SAT. 9-5, SUN. 11-3 Ein Stein is CLOSED Mondays Q.E.W. Dorval A trusted name in Oakville since 1992 EIN STEIN North Service Rd. NN 4 481