Peace was never an option.

[smoke665]

When you have a gaggle of geese next door. Woke us up yesterday with their honking!

 

[Tinstafl142 138]

I have lots of geese on my pond and then they have their babies and we have about 20 to 50 of them depending on how many are born. the interesting thing is all of them seem to survive to leave.

 

[smoke665]

I have lots of geese on my pond and then they have their babies and we have about 20 to 50 of them depending on how many are born. the interesting thing is all of them seem to survive to leave.

We have a weekend place on a 33,000 acre lake. They never leave, and are not nice neighbors. They're loud, obnoxious, aggressive, and leave piles of S&*& everywhere on the lawn.

 

[Tinstafl142 138]

We have a weekend place on a 33,000 acre lake. They never leave, and are not nice neighbors. They're loud, obnoxious, aggressive, and leave piles of S&*& everywhere on the lawn.

You are right about what they leave and they are pretty aggressive too. Not much to say good about them but when I cut the grass I take out the big tractor with a cab and AC and ignore them.

 

[RScottie140 55]

I love watching Mama and Papa Geese walking with their babies.

Nice pics!

 

[jeffashman35 8]

We live close to a lake, and we here them flowover low and slow several times a week. Nice shot!

 

[smoke665]

we here them flowover low and slow several times a week.

We stayed a week at an RV Resort with our 5th wheel, that had a large population of geese. Every-time they flew over you would invariably hear the "plop" of their parting gift. I was so mad when I got home and had to scrub the roof!!!!

 

[TJMcG139 22]

We stayed a week at an RV Resort with our 5th wheel, that had a large population of geese. Every-time they flew over you would invariably hear the "plop" of their parting gift. I was so mad when I got home and had to scrub the roof!!!!

Well, that's what you get for staying in a fifth wheel RV that has a large population of geese...

 

[cgw143 168]

Granted, they're not among the brightest of God's creatures. They do provide comic relief, though, with their poor nesting choices(raised flower beds, landscaped street medians, playgrounds),defensive posturing, and carefree toileting. Rarely see them flattened by drivers who stop and just smile as they amble across busy streets with kids in tow. They're back here now and mean spring is in the wings--OK, bad pun...

 

[smoke665]

@TJMcG what was amusing was all the signs about picking up after pets or you'd be asked to leave. You couldn't walk without stepping in goose crap.

 

[TJMcG139 22]

Granted, they're not among the brightest of God's creatures. They do provide comic relief, though, with their poor nesting choices(raised flower beds, landscaped street medians, playgrounds),defensive posturing, and carefree toileting. Rarely see them flattened by drivers who stop and just smile as they amble across busy streets with kids in tow. They're back here now and mean spring is in the wings--OK, bad pun...

Canada Geese are the weeds of the bird world...

 

[cgw143 168]

@TJMcG what was amusing was all the signs about picking up after pets or you'd be asked to leave. You couldn't walk without stepping in goose crap.

So adopt 'em!

 

[TJMcG139 22]

@TJMcG what was amusing was all the signs about picking up after pets or you'd be asked to leave. You couldn't walk without stepping in goose crap.

Before moving to Arizona in 2006, we lived in Minneapolis. There is a beautiful chain of lakes there, almost all city park, with only a slight exception of private ownership on one shore of one lake. Every year, they had to round up hundreds of geese and relocate them to Lord knows where. The heavily traveled paths around the lakes were always covered with goose droppings, and it was a nightmare. Still, some people had to protest the annual relocation effort...

 

[snowbear142 73]

I haven’t noticed the geese on the one as much as ducks, blue herons, and more recently, gulls.

 

[smoke665]

Canada Geese are the weeds of the bird world...

In addition to the mild temperatures our lake sets between wide open farm land, giving them an open buffet. Even with their disagreeable nature they aren't as bad as the other "weed" in the water....Cormorants. We're known as the Crappie Capital, and the Cormorants know it. They tried an eradication effort a few years ago with little success, the birds fly in massive swarms covering large swaths of water, decimating our fish population .