Date of this Version Urban-suburban Canada geese (Branta
canadensis) create nuisance problems at their foraging sites by
littering them with feces. An ecological approach to the problem
involves inducing the geese to use alternate foraging sites by
reducing the attractiveness of problem sites. This can be
accomplished by reducing the forage quality at the nuisance site
by not fertilizing and infrequently mowing the lawn or by
replacing the lawn with a less palatable grass species or other
ground cover. Further, sites can be made less attractive to
geese if they are surrounded by tall trees which make it harder
for geese to land or take off, and planting bushes and hedges to
reduce a goose's ability to watch for approaching predators.
Another approach involves relocating roosting areas to more
remote sites so that geese have to expend greater time and
energy to reach the problem site.