Thursday, July 5, 2018

The Process Of Geese Removal

By Sharon Sanders


Geese are large and beautiful birds that exist in large number in North America. Even though they are beautiful, they present several problems to people and property. In places where they exist, people usually complain of being harassed by these birds. When they exist in large numbers, they follow people and try to peck at them. They can also be a threat to small children and pets.

These birds heavily depend on grass for food, meaning that they eat as much grass as possible in their habitat. This results in the destruction of grasses together with the landscape. Grass blades are fed on by the birds and after they are exhausted they go ahead and start digging the soil to reach the roots and tubers. When the birds are too many in a habitat, the destruction can be enormous. This makes geese removal an emergency.

In the location they are found, geese droppings litter the place. They excrete throughout because they also consume continuously during daytime. Filthy smell from the droppings can make it hard for people to live in that place. On the bright side, their wastes are good manure for landscape and lawns.

Geese have been a problem to many people and they continue to be. That has led to the invention of mechanisms of controlling their movement and presence in an area. One of the best strategies to use to control the birds is to make the area as inhospitable as possible. One of the ways of making a place inhospitable to the birds is by not feeding them.

The culture of giving food to wild birds and animals is prevalent among the citizens of Canada and the US. This behavior lures a lot of birds that come to feed on the abundant food. The birds will have to look for food in other places if the food supply in a place is cut. Doing so forces the birds to relocate although this takes some time for it to occur.

Setting up decoys in a place is one way of controlling the presence and movement of Canadian geese. The preferred decoys are those of swans. It is impossible for both swans and geese to inhabit a common place since they are both very aggressive birds when it comes to caring for their chicks. It is not essential to install decoys all year long.

Removal of decoys should be done when the birds relocate to other places. The use of decoys should be mixed with other strategies too. Nets for capturing the birds can be set up together with decoys. Captured birds are them transferred to other areas or they can be euthanized. Euthanizing the birds is prohibited in other areas.

If the law prohibits the euthanizing of birds caught, one can use other means such as relocating the birds to a park far away. It is important to understand the rules enforced by the government in a given area before engaging in geese control. This helps to avoid getting into problems with the law.




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