And they weren’t out to cook your goose this time J
It was so cool. I was headed into Boise today off I84 on the connector. I always keep the speed under control due to it being a 55 zone heavily worked by Boise’s finest. (Boise Police Dept.)
As I was headed in to downtown for a meeting with Ada County, I noticed a slow moving incident response truck, and a squad car in front of it just creeping along. As I got as far over as possible to give them space, I was giddy to see what the fuss was.
It was an escort for a mother goose!! She looked a little upset, but she was marching toward the off ramp with the officer behind her, escorting her off the busy connector and guarding her from traffic. Pretty sure it was a she from her plain brown plumage. She did appear to have her feather ruffled a bit, but she looked healthy.
Maybe to healthy, since she couldn’t clear the concrete barriers she somehow got trapped behind. Not sure if she was escorting her babies and couldn’t make it through the rain gaps her babies did, and then couldn’t make the jump over, or if she had a bad landing or a close call with a car trying to cross the road.
But either way, it was very cool to see our wildlife being protected by our fine police department and incident responders patrolling the connector and the rest of the Boise area. This time of year, watch a little harder for those moms trying to get those babies across the road safely. Even if you have to block a little traffic, once the other motorists see what and why, you usually get a smile and a nod. And if not, that’s just fine with me.
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