we are being invaded by canadians

[bobclark]

as we have several farm ponds on our place (dad used to run a dozer ) we get alot of wild geese wanting to set up house. eight pair just landed on the pond by the house. this did not set well with the tame africans and the muscoveys. the tame birds use the small pond not 50 ft from the house. there is another pond 80yds from the house that I keep mowed around ( I mow about 9ac. of yard) and the wild pairs use it as a gathering spot all summer. could havesomthing to do with the 5 gal of corn a day I throw out. shelled corn , fresh new grass and a pond makes for good bird watching. the only bad thing is that they do not nest on this pond they go to the more secluded ones.

anywhay, they are here . I will try to get pics up soon. they spook easy at the beginning of the season

[Kathy]

I love all geese but those Canadians sure are pretty.
Once the goslings are out of the nest do the parents bring them down to your ponds? I had Canadians land on my ponds in KY but none stayed for the breeding season.

When I lived in MI we used to go up to Canada regularly. There was a place called Jack Miners which was a wildlife refuge and there was probably close to 20,000 Canadian Geese flying in & out daily. The noise level was incredible. When a whole flock took off, it really was impressive.

Here's a little about the Refuge.

www.jackminer.com/

[bobclark]

we never see the little ones up at the house. I supose by the time they can fly they are not recognisable as young. I dont think the hatch is very sucessfull around here there are a lot of preditors

[bergere]

Up in WA they were pests...most of them stopped migrating. Caused a lot of health issues with the lakes and ponds in Western part of the state.
We had a winter pond,, and I made them move on.