Joy, as to the geese at Salt Kettle, I'd bet heavy money that they are wild geese, not domestic. That area is in what's called, as I recall, the central flyway, the great north-south route for migrating water (and other) fowl.

On top of that, I suppose because of global warming, the geese seem to be sticking around in these latitudes more than they used to through the winter. If the gaggles (technical term) of geese at the park are fed, they (a) can attract recruits, as it were, and (b) make a nuisance of themselves begging from the passersby, and (c) make the surrounding area unpleasant with the--how shall I say this?--"exhaust".

Dave Oesterreich