I've been thinking about this more since Tim posted, and I have o doubt a
Canada Goose could break a pane of glass, perhaps even one on Vikings stadium,
especially in some parallel universe where geese actually flew into buildings,
but the birds flying into reflective glass and dying, are songbirds, not
waterfowl, and they are not breaking any windows, "fat" or not
It might get them into trouble with the FAA and HSA, but if Tim and Jack really
want to break some glass at Vikings stadium with Canada geese, at least
indirectly, perhaps they could coax the birds into the engines of jetliners
heading for the stadium and hope they crash into it. Here is one way they might
do it: Imprint goslings on a drone shaped like a goose (sort of like that cute
movie with the ultralight), lead them into the plane's path, and hope the pilot
can't avoid the stadium pulling a Sullenberger with some miracle landing.
I have seen video of Turkeys attacking their reflection in a window glass, but
I still think if Jack wants to break Vikings stadium glass with birds that he
should stick to frozen turkeys, perhaps launching them with a catapult or
trebuchet.
Still, if you get a bunch of live Toms and keep them spaced far enough apart
not to fight one another, maybe they can break some glass, especially if you
give them some kind of hardware or armor. I like this idea better than Tim's
Canada Goose scheme, especially so because we can take white turkeys, dye them
purple or even purple *and* gold, and give them some big player names by
keeping some of the white feathers, white with petroleum jelly lettering you
spray off when the dye is set.
The purple turkeys might be a great halftime entertainment or perhaps we could
replace the whole NFL with a turkey league played in smaller venues without the
need for all these big stadiums, especially the big bird killing stadiums. Fans
can shoot them afterwards and take them home for dinner.
On Aug 30, 2014, at 1:26 PM, Tim Bonham <<email obscured>> wrote:
> The Mississippi River corridor is a primary migration route for Canada Geese.
They have a 6-foot wingspan, average around 12 pounds (up to twice that for
adult males), and fly at 30-50 miles per hour.
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> You think that couldn't break a pane of glass, Bill?
> Tim Bonham
> Standish Ericsson/Ward 12, Minneapolis
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