Were they here first?
Pond boy:
I really don't think that the geese were here first. These birds are migratory and in the past have only stopped to "visit" the Lake. In the past 60 odd years that I have observed the Lake I have only recently noticed geese staying and nesting on the Lake.
So what has changed? Geese like grass. I expect that, with the influx of full time homes on the waters edge lawns have been introduced. This gives our feathered friends a reason to squat. And I really mean SQUAT!
So in my opinion this is a relatively new problem and it is a big problem. We spend thousands of dollars removing milfoil to clean up the Lake and to keep property values up. These critters will be the next "invasive species". If we had nipped the milfoil problem in the beginning, we may have saved ourselves a lot of money and environmental damage. I believe that we should take a good hard look at the goose problem before it get's out of hand as we allowed milfoil to do.
Misty Blue.
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