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GEESE
Geese cause considerable conflicts by defecating
on golf courses, parks, and other urban areas. Canada geese prefer Kentucky
blue grass over tall fescue, thus, planting tall fescue may deter some geese.
If permitted, Screamer shells, can
successfully frighten Canada geese from urban areas. Scarecrows, Av-Alarms,
and Mylar tape have reduced the use of fields by geese. Goose alarm calls
did not frighten Canada geese from urban areas in Fort Collins.
Translocation of flightless geese to a distant
site has been used to control nuisance urban populations in many states.
Few geese returned to the capture site.
Two
foot diameter balloons have been filled with helium and suspended with 50-75 pound
monofilament line above fields to frighten waterfowl. Black and also white
plastic cut into 2 by 3 or 2.5 by 5 foot rectangles and attached to 4 foot tall
laths so that they move in a breeze can repel waterfowl from fields. One
flag per acre is recommended where waterfowl have been damaging fields and 1 flag
per 5 acres is recommended where waterfowl have not yet arrived.
ReJeX-iTtm
and Bird Shield (methyl anthranilate) are registered for repelling Canada geese
from golf courses and turf areas. The products have repelled geese for relatively
short periods (about 4 days) and are relatively expensive.
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