Across the road from my place of employment is a field with a small pond. About four weeks ago, I noticed a small gaggle of geese--six adults and four extremly cute little goslings. This has morphed into a flock of 50 adults. The babies have either grown up or gone to greener pastures or larger bodies of water. The geese strut in the road, cruise the parking lot, and leave goose manure everywhere. They were cute; now they're a nuisance, although watching 20 or so honking avians coming in for a landing in the tiny pond is amazing. They circle lower and lower, finally gliding in at water level.
Watch where you step.
Watch where you step.
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Geese are beautiful, graceful creatures - yet they are also fiercely territorial and will even chase down people if they feel threatened. And let us not forget that while these beautiful animals are honking away, they are also leaving their droppings everywhere - including in the pond, destroying the fragile ecosystem and are eating up all the vegetation. Though, if they are resident geese, they'll stay there year-round.
I love watching geese as much as the next guy, but why not difuse the situation and spray a solution around the pond that makes the grass and vegetation taste bad? Or put out a well-placed 3d Coyote decoy that frightens the geese into the water where they will be confronted with an alligator head decoy which makes the area scary to them and makes them leave? The best part about this is that when the geese leave, others won't take their place! I found a site, www.gotgeese.com that has a lot of information in dealing with the humane removal of pest geese. Check it out.
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