Geese !!

[Phantom]

Here's one for the Forum ....

Unfortunately this question does not pertain to Winni per se.

In addition to our time at Winni, we have a Lakefront/pond home here in Mass. Our lake frontage is all beach which then turns into a nicely grassed "front" yard seperated by a very low (1ft) fieldstone wall.

Problem: GEESE!! Each year we get a new family (15-25) of geese who scour the lake (which unto itself is fine). However, as most know, these are extremely "dirty" birds and they continually find there way not only onto my beach but end up feeding well into the yard on the grass. Leaving what our family terms "their cigars" behind and a lawn that looks like it had just sponsored a week-end golf tournament of hacks. Needless to say it is not only annoying but extremely unsanitary considering we have three small Grandchildren who "love to play in the sand".

We have tried all sorts of home grown remedies (pinwheels,etc) and applied some "wives tales" (heard somewhere grape cool-aid granules) to no effect. These BOLD devils simply go through or circumvent the distraction.

Has anyone out there "found a cure"? ...........