Here you see Canada Geese immigrants returning home after being fired for causing fraud and waste, subjected to a 25% tariff, and deported as national security threats.
Well, actually, Canada Geese are fairly common in Maine as both residents and migrants. It’s always a thrill to have a V-shaped gaggle fly overhead loudly honking advice to each other. They’re good seed dispersers, beautiful birds, and (I’m told) good quarry for hunters.
On the other hand, excesses of these tundra nesters, sometimes caused by misguided humans feeding them or creating geese-friendly habitats, have been harmful to the geese and created disgusting, unhealthy situations. Maine wildlife officials have issued online advice on controlling them. (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on March 11 [flying] and 13 [standing], 2025.)