Originally Posted by
BlazingPedals
It's too bad that Canada Geese are considered migratory, because they don't migrate. Maybe they used to once upon a time. The best thing you could do for the environment is get a hunting license for them and harvest as many as you can during the season.
Every time I see them setting up shop in the grass beside my pond, I RELUCTANTLY have to mow my lawn. After enough of that, they always decide to raise this year's family somewhere quieter.
My understanding is that if you keep the grass long around ponds they will move along. I read they don't like walking through grass that rubs their bellies plus gives predators an advantage in catching the young ones. May or may not be true, I don't know. Years ago a nursing home where my Grandparents lived had to have a licensed contractor come in and do a big round up regularly around the lake.