Canada goose control seminar slated

[Scutter01]

Spasmo pointed this out to me and I thought some here might benefit.

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Canada goose control seminar slated

Provided by Sharon Winks
Area residents can learn how to legally and effectively control local Canada goose populations at a seminar at Fort Harrison State Park's Recreation Building in Indianapolis on Thursday.
The free program, which runs from 9 a.m. to noon, is the third of six being presented at different locations around the state in March and April by the Department of Natural Resources' Urban Wildlife Project. Interested landowners, managers of corporate campuses, golf courses or park employees, as well as anyone in the general public with an interest are invited.
The first part of the program will cover various aspects of Canada goose management, including relevant laws, basic biology, and methods to control damage caused by geese. A demonstration on the proper techniques for egg and nest destruction will follow. Simply breaking eggs or removing them from nest is not effective because the females will just lay another clutch of eggs, so following proper techniques is vital.
The population of Canada geese in the Mississippi Flyway exceeds 1.5 million birds and is growing at a rate of 6 percent per year. Destroying eggs and nests in urban areas is helpful in controlling the goose population and reducing goose/conflict in areas where hunting cannot take place. Federal rules allow landowners properly registered at Division of Migratory Bird Management - Goose Egg Registration to complete Canada goose egg and nest destruction on their own property.
Registrants must provide a summary report of their Canada goose nest destruction activities to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by Oct. 31. Failure to report can result in privileges being revoked for the forthcoming year.
Remaining seminar dates and sites include at the Tippecanoe County Extension Service Office, Lafayette, March 31; at the Potato Creek State Park Nature Center near North Liberty, April 1; and at the Salomon Farm Visitors Center in Fort Wayne, April 2. All seminars run from 9 a.m. to noon local time.
No registration is required at any of the sites. For further information, call the Urban Wildlife Biologist at (812) 334-1137 or email swinks@dnr.IN.gov

[shooter521]

Our solution for getting geese off our property is to allow our 3-year-old to chase them. That's all fine and good until the geese start chasing back, of course.

[Scutter01]

Originally Posted by shooter521

Our solution for getting geese off our property is to allow our 3-year-old to chase them. That's all fine and good until the geese start chasing back, of course.

We used to have a terrible goose problem due to a retention pond nearby. Once my neighbor put up a chain link fence, it almost eliminated the problem.

[shooter521]

Originally Posted by Scutter01

We used to have a terrible goose problem due to a retention pond nearby. Once my neighbor put up a chain link fence, it almost eliminated the problem.

We have to stop feeding the birds and squirrels during the spring and summer months, because the geese will come over from the retention pond and eat everything, including the grass they don't kill with their

[colt45er]

Originally Posted by Scutter01

We used to have a terrible goose problem due to a retention pond nearby. Once my neighbor put up a chain link fence, it almost eliminated the problem.

In my neighborhood, people have just put up a string about 6 inches off the ground if their yard backs up to the pond. Stupid birds won't cross the string.

[Indy_Guy_77]

Originally Posted by colt45er

In my neighborhood, people have just put up a string about 6 inches off the ground if their yard backs up to the pond. Stupid birds won't cross the string.

Yep. And they REALLY don't like flagging...liked the flagged rope that car lots use all the time (Red, white, and blue triangular flags hanging down from the cord)

Here at my office, they've sprayed some grape-scented stuff around as a goose repellant. It's working!

[Scutter01]

Originally Posted by Indy_Guy_77

Here at my office, they've sprayed some grape-scented stuff around as a goose repellant. It's working!

Yeah, but grape attracts apes. That's a cure that's worse than the disease.