I’m waddling here! I’m waddling here! A family of Canada geese were escorted by police across the Holland Tunnel — but a few honking-mad drivers weren’t taken in by the adorable caught-on-video scene.

The geese are calm in West Orange. The residents, less so. Feathers have long been ruffled over how the Essex County township manages its Canada goose population. But the debate took flight this week, ...