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Originally Posted by Winni
We have always been very good about not feeding the ducks, so they eventually got the message they aren't welcome here. But, after 18 years, we now have this family of nasty Canadian Geese that think our front yard is home. Why? Is it just that all the rain and high water has confused them?
Would appreciate opinions and answers. Thanks!
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Most of the Canada geese that you see nearby are not really wild geese but geese that originally generations ago were released for hunting and didn't really take wing with migrations. Do you have a lawn? Geese and ducks love lawns. Lawns and water make good habitat for them! What usually happens is that once they nest they usually use the same location or pretty much nearby.
Once at one of the parks I managed, my supervisor and I were summing up the projects for the year. We got down to the boat launch and there was MA wildlife with their gun net gathering 72 geese. LOL, my supervisor thought they were taking them away and got all excited thinking we weren't going to have the Canada geese problem that year. What a dissapointment he had when the game wardens banded and released them. We did have to get federal permits that year to work with reducing the flock. You have to be careful with what approaches you take to getting the geese to leave.
As far as your other question about is it the whole lake that is affected by the water quality, usually not the entire lake, but if you lived a few camps up from an affected beach then yes I would think you could be affected till it finally cleared out with wave action or currents.
Forgot to mention that they molt in the summer which means that neither the offspring or the parents can fly for about a month which leaves them on the ground longer. you can also check out this site
http://www.hsus.org/wildlife/a_close...ada_geese.html or this one
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAbou...ada_Goose.html