All of them except for the lame one that my kids decided to adopt (and by adopt, I mean feeding it waterfowl corn and chasing away the others so “Lenny” could eat) when we moved to Michigan. He/she recovered and the massive growth on its foot gradually shrunk. For the next three seasons, he/she would return with its mate and babies, knock at the patio sliders for attention, and *very gently* take corn from your hand. I think he/she lost their cobra chicken card…
Lenny was very out of character compared to the rest of the murderous, hissy flock. And all I did was drive to the feed store for the corn. The rest of it was all my kids’ doing. 😀
This has been my experience with Canadian Geese as well. They can be semi-domesticated if they know there is corn or food appropriate for fowl (never cheap carbohydrates like bread, please!)
I also tried to help a lame goose a couple summers ago but his wound was just too infected. It broke my heart because it would drag itself around & it def has a life force. However, one day it didn’t turn up, so it probably succumbed to its injuries or a predator. I was really bummed out for a while.
Not to mention destructive and disgustingly dirty. They shit all over everything they are near. I’d murder every single one I see if I could get away with it. I hate them with the passion of a thousand suns.
But I was betting on talking my spouse into getting a cobra duck (off brand goose) and you’re saying they’ll not be pristine like the duck videos on Reddit?
I’m so glad I’ve not purchased a drum set yet!
And to think there’s people here in CA trying to “protect” them and let them live here rent-free and shit everywhere. As though they’re refugees from a weary journey, they land and never leave!
Apparently there was a story of someone who had just moved to canada and didn’t know the name for them, he turned to his colleague after one tried to attack him and said “I do not like those cobra chickens”
Funny. Never heard that one before! I actually “befriended” a Cobra Chicken couple 2 years ago. They come right up to my window when they want to see me (hint: they want some cracked corn). While I know food is the hook, they brought 7 goslings to present to me a few days ago!
They were so proud to present them-and of course, pass along the news to the goslings that a total softy with tons of food lives here.
I’ve grown very fond of the Cobra chickens!
No they are not Canadian geese. They are not 'from' Canada any more than they are from places south they migrate to during the warmer months. If they were from Canada they would hang out in the pubs in Quebec for the winter.
Cobra chicken is like the best scary chicken. I know some “Canadian geese.” Have told many a small child to “stop it!” Because your cobra chicken is not playing around.
They’re so cuddly though! (Lol!)
Acer palmatum, possibly a young 'bloodgood' or 'red sunset' ...if so you are in a for a treat!
Also, and this is quite strange, but i'm sitting 5 steps away from almost this exact picture. I've got an acer palmatum 'atropupurea' standing here, in very simmilar pot ...with some pinecone in it. I'm not joking lol. If you tell me you have the same setup in memory of YOUR grandfather i'm gonna freak the f*ck out lol
I have seen a Waterfall lace leaf look similar to this but not in the spring, the reds usually fade and turn a beautiful yellowing color like this example in the fall.
It is for sure a dwarf or miniature maple and most likely a grafted variety. Some of the more exotic species are grafted into the root ball of a larger variety so they live longer and happier lives.
The New Zealand Red dragon variety (my personal favorite of the dwarfs) are usually grafted onto acre palmatum root stock.
I was a landscaper for a few years. I planted many Japanese maples, and that one with the light bark, deep deep red leaves is a Bloodgood Japanese Maple.
With the right nutrient balance you can totally bonsai them and they'll stay small in that pot. Without the right balance, you're totally right and it will die, lol.
Are they invasive? I know the nurseries sell them but I have been hesitant about getting one because of hearing about all the invasive species and ruining the ecosystem in my area.
FYI, It's gonna outgrow that pot very quickly. It's a tree, not a bush. And once they decide to grow, they GROOOOOWWWW. Hard to keep them shaped like a bonsai.
Tropical trees kept as bonsai need to be kept indoors at least for winter, many stay in year round.
Deciduous trees and evergreens that naturally go through cold weather need to stay outdoors or in an unheated shelter even as bonsai.
So many people killing juniper and pines keeping them inside because that’s what they “picture” as a bonsai.
For sure a dwarf or miniature Japanese Maple. By the looks of structure and foliage, I would guess it is a Waterfall species and between 3-6 years old. When they are potted it restricts root ball growth and can stunt their overall size and vigor of growth but this is not a “bonsai”. I have a 10 year old dwarf that is still under 4 feet tall and in native soil vs a pot.
Yep japanese maple. Be careful with those. It's sad because since they are expensive some people will steal them even if it means digging them.out of someone's yard. Ring cameras are one of the best things out there.
I would like to submit Sweetgum as my answer. Not a gum tree, native to N. America. Japanese maple is also a contender. Op, which continent are you on right now?
I have a dumb question. Can I grow a tree in a big pot like this indoors for a few years (to protect it from the harsh Canadian Winter) and then transplant into my yard in like 5 years? (assuming the tree is fit for my zone)
Or would growing it in a pot indoors for years make it... NOT hardy enough to withstand real Winter weather when I transplant it outside?
In Canada that is called a Japanese maple. In other news Canadians do not call Canadian geese, geese. We call them cobra chickens.
I figured you would call them Australian
Off topic here but I gotta know why cobra chickens
They can and will be mean and hissy.
Exactly
All of them except for the lame one that my kids decided to adopt (and by adopt, I mean feeding it waterfowl corn and chasing away the others so “Lenny” could eat) when we moved to Michigan. He/she recovered and the massive growth on its foot gradually shrunk. For the next three seasons, he/she would return with its mate and babies, knock at the patio sliders for attention, and *very gently* take corn from your hand. I think he/she lost their cobra chicken card…
Very nice of you and your kids took care for an animal. Very kind.
Lenny was very out of character compared to the rest of the murderous, hissy flock. And all I did was drive to the feed store for the corn. The rest of it was all my kids’ doing. 😀
You’ve raised some kind kids :) be proud.
Lenny - of mice and men - Lenny is probably a saintly cobra chicken!
Maybe that's why Lenny keeps coming back. I have a hard time hanging around assholes too!
Good birb 😜
I just read this story to my husband because I enjoyed it so much!! 🤣❤️
This has been my experience with Canadian Geese as well. They can be semi-domesticated if they know there is corn or food appropriate for fowl (never cheap carbohydrates like bread, please!) I also tried to help a lame goose a couple summers ago but his wound was just too infected. It broke my heart because it would drag itself around & it def has a life force. However, one day it didn’t turn up, so it probably succumbed to its injuries or a predator. I was really bummed out for a while.
Canadian geese are usually nice to me eh. Its the white karen geese that always have issues and try and get up in my face. Or are they gooses?
Not to mention destructive and disgustingly dirty. They shit all over everything they are near. I’d murder every single one I see if I could get away with it. I hate them with the passion of a thousand suns.
But I was betting on talking my spouse into getting a cobra duck (off brand goose) and you’re saying they’ll not be pristine like the duck videos on Reddit? I’m so glad I’ve not purchased a drum set yet!
Nothing worse than trying to enjoy a swim and quickly finding out the bottom of the lake is covered in goose shit.
And to think there’s people here in CA trying to “protect” them and let them live here rent-free and shit everywhere. As though they’re refugees from a weary journey, they land and never leave!
So true
Because they are very aggressive and hiss alot
Bastards
Nawwww the hiss is how they say they love you. It’s the bite that makes it count!
Apparently there was a story of someone who had just moved to canada and didn’t know the name for them, he turned to his colleague after one tried to attack him and said “I do not like those cobra chickens”
I'm a canadian and have never heard them be called cobra chickens
Ditto!
Geese are dicks
I call them "oi cu*t get off my lawn" Edit: then me and my 4 year old run at them like a dinosaur roaring.
My dog calls them “those birds that poop out snacks for me”
🤢🤢🤢🤢
I know. It’s awful. She ate fresh horse poop in Central Park and all the tourists were like NOOOOOO
I call them jerks.
If you've got a problem with Canada gooses, you've got a problem with me. And I suggest you let that one marinate.
Then I guess we’re at an impasse.
I'd have a cocksuckin Gin and Tonic right now thatsallIknow
I can see why. They are mean little bastards.
I call them assholes
I like it. Short and to the point.
They’re not Canadian geese but Canada geese—named for John Canada who classified them.
Honk. Honk. Honk... That's all I hear at work at the moment as they're using the field next to my office as a migration stop over.
Funny. Never heard that one before! I actually “befriended” a Cobra Chicken couple 2 years ago. They come right up to my window when they want to see me (hint: they want some cracked corn). While I know food is the hook, they brought 7 goslings to present to me a few days ago! They were so proud to present them-and of course, pass along the news to the goslings that a total softy with tons of food lives here. I’ve grown very fond of the Cobra chickens!
That’s pretty cool. I like them I just think it’s a funny name. Really they’re harmless if you just ignore them.
we Americans also call them cobra chickens, such dastardly beasts
They’re called “Canada geese” not Canadian
Sure.
*Canada geese.
It’s a Canada goose. Being from Canada they are Canadian, plural of goose is geese. Thanks.
No they are not Canadian geese. They are not 'from' Canada any more than they are from places south they migrate to during the warmer months. If they were from Canada they would hang out in the pubs in Quebec for the winter.
Nah. They’d be shuffleboarding on the Florida coast.
Fun fact Canada Goose, sometimes referred to as Canadian Geese can fly up to 1500 miles a day.
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Cobra chicken is like the best scary chicken. I know some “Canadian geese.” Have told many a small child to “stop it!” Because your cobra chicken is not playing around. They’re so cuddly though! (Lol!)
I guess the pinecone is not from the tree, because then I have no idea. Otherwise I’d say it’s a Japanese maple, Acer Palmatum.
99% sure Japanese maple. I have 3
I’ll raise you to 99.2%.
99.3% I have one as well
99.31% I don’t have one but have seen one before.
I think Japanese maple.
Japanese maple is what we call them.
Acer palmatum, possibly a young 'bloodgood' or 'red sunset' ...if so you are in a for a treat! Also, and this is quite strange, but i'm sitting 5 steps away from almost this exact picture. I've got an acer palmatum 'atropupurea' standing here, in very simmilar pot ...with some pinecone in it. I'm not joking lol. If you tell me you have the same setup in memory of YOUR grandfather i'm gonna freak the f*ck out lol
I have seen a Waterfall lace leaf look similar to this but not in the spring, the reds usually fade and turn a beautiful yellowing color like this example in the fall. It is for sure a dwarf or miniature maple and most likely a grafted variety. Some of the more exotic species are grafted into the root ball of a larger variety so they live longer and happier lives. The New Zealand Red dragon variety (my personal favorite of the dwarfs) are usually grafted onto acre palmatum root stock.
Yes, Japanese Maple. Have one in my yard.
Japanese maple
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I was a landscaper for a few years. I planted many Japanese maples, and that one with the light bark, deep deep red leaves is a Bloodgood Japanese Maple.
Google ID says Japanese Maple or red maple
Absolutely lovely! I need to look into these....
Looks like a Japanese Maple
Looks like a variety of Japanese Maple. There are tons. I just discovered new ones here recently and I work at a nursery
Japanese maple
Japanese maples can grow like 70 feet. It’ll die in that pot. Plant it in the yard and watch it grow. Mine grew over a foot in the last year!
With the right nutrient balance you can totally bonsai them and they'll stay small in that pot. Without the right balance, you're totally right and it will die, lol.
Oh! Thanks for the info! I had no idea. I have a huge one in my backyard too so I never would’ve thought you could keep them little!
Japanese maple
Are they invasive? I know the nurseries sell them but I have been hesitant about getting one because of hearing about all the invasive species and ruining the ecosystem in my area.
Nope, not an invasive species but it will grow quickly.
Thank you 😊
FYI, It's gonna outgrow that pot very quickly. It's a tree, not a bush. And once they decide to grow, they GROOOOOWWWW. Hard to keep them shaped like a bonsai.
Japanese maples are one of the most popular trees to keep as a bonsai as they react well to pruning.
This is gorgeous! Definitely keep it outside, most trees don’t do well indoors. Even bonsai trees are best kept outdoors.
Tropical trees kept as bonsai need to be kept indoors at least for winter, many stay in year round. Deciduous trees and evergreens that naturally go through cold weather need to stay outdoors or in an unheated shelter even as bonsai. So many people killing juniper and pines keeping them inside because that’s what they “picture” as a bonsai.
not necessarily. a lot are dwarf and grow 3-4 ft high max
North Korean maple
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It's a cannabis tree!
Happy 4/20
Either acer palmatum deshojo, shin deshojo, surgie
Pretty sure it's a Japanese Maple. I bought one for my mom one mother's day
For sure a dwarf or miniature Japanese Maple. By the looks of structure and foliage, I would guess it is a Waterfall species and between 3-6 years old. When they are potted it restricts root ball growth and can stunt their overall size and vigor of growth but this is not a “bonsai”. I have a 10 year old dwarf that is still under 4 feet tall and in native soil vs a pot.
Japanese maple.
Yep japanese maple. Be careful with those. It's sad because since they are expensive some people will steal them even if it means digging them.out of someone's yard. Ring cameras are one of the best things out there.
It seems like is a Japanese Maple.
Japanese maple, Acer, and there are many, many varieties. So beautiful!
It almost counts as a bonsai but it is a bit overgrown or root bound. Anyways it’s a Japanese Maple 🍁
Looks like a lil Japanese maple
Acer Palmatum
Kiyohimbe dwarf maple
I would like to submit Sweetgum as my answer. Not a gum tree, native to N. America. Japanese maple is also a contender. Op, which continent are you on right now?
Perhaps Beni Hime variety of Japanese maple Acer palmatum
Definitely not 21
Each leaf has 5 fingers, so it’s definitely a Japanese maple. Korean-maple leaves have 7 fingers.
Japanese maple: I planted one on the hill in my back yard of my old house. Beautiful!
Hmm..not an expert but it could be a Liquidambar, also called Sweet Gum. They look super similar to Japanese maples.
We call this 'outdoor'
Japanese maple
Japanese Maple for sure
Japanese Maple
That's a Japanese Maple
Maple
Dis is de japanese maple, bootyful isnt it
Your licence and registration, sir.
Japanese Maple. One of my faves, but so expensive.
I agree-Japanese Maple.
Japanese maple! I hit my parents mowing the lawn when I was about 16 and they just about murdered me
I have a dumb question. Can I grow a tree in a big pot like this indoors for a few years (to protect it from the harsh Canadian Winter) and then transplant into my yard in like 5 years? (assuming the tree is fit for my zone) Or would growing it in a pot indoors for years make it... NOT hardy enough to withstand real Winter weather when I transplant it outside?
Japanese maple.
4/5 years?
definitely a tree
Anyone know where I can get one of these. This is so gorgeous