Border collies, coyote effigies, etc can indeed move them, but temporarily to somewhere else local. This effort looks ready to replicate the eternal cycle of geese in Binghamton that move/ are moved from Otsiningo Park to BCC to Binghamton University playing fields and back. At least we provide them with a little exercise.
I wonder what would happen if a bunch of bushes in planters were installed. I have never seen flocks of geese resting in a complex bushy habitat. These could be moved if needed, but might break up the unbroken appearance of the groupy, poopy greensward. Probably wouldn't work for the people. Anne On Aug 22, 2014, at 9:16 PM, Donna Scott wrote: > The public users of Myers Park (and the Lansing Highway Dept.) would balk at > leaving the grass 9 inches long! We may not like it, but the culture is such > that Myers Park grass has to be mowed short. > I think they will have to go with 15-18 inch high "goose fences" and Border > Collies. > > But then maybe all these geese will end up in Stewart Park where it is > already "poopy" enough! > > Donna Scott > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Schmitt > To: Meena Madhav Haribal ; CAYUGABIRDS-L ; Donna Lee Scott > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 9:05 PM > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] goose poop an issue at interior of Myers Park > > The large airports have learned to stop cutting the grass so short. I > believe over 9 inches discourages them. But that goes contrary to the > American ideal, eh? > > Paul Schmitt > > From: Meena Madhav Haribal > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 6:41 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L ; Donna Lee Scott > Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] goose poop an issue at interior of Myers Park > > I have not read the article, but I feel lawns are "nuisance". > So if you have lawn then the geese love to be on the lawn! > > Just my thoughts. > > Meena > Meena Haribal > Ithaca NY 14850 > 42.429007,-76.47111 > http://haribal.org/ > http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ > Ithaca area moths: http://tinyurl.com/kn6q2p4 > Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/140817samplebook.pdf > > > > From: bounce-117763609-3493...@list.cornell.edu > <bounce-117763609-3493...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Donna Scott > <d...@cornell.edu> > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 4:58 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] goose poop an issue at interior of Myers Park > > See article about "nuisance" of CANADA GEESE in the mowed lawn areas at > Lansing's Myers Park. > http://www.lansingstar.com/around-town/10960-goose-poop-threatens-myers-park-attendance > > Members of the informal group Friends of Salt Point (FOSP) discussed this > issue a little at yesterday's regular meeting with Town of Lansing's > Recreation Director, Steve Colt. Steve is a member of Friends of Salt Point > and is looking for humane ways to "get the geese to go somewhere else". > He has found a fair amount of information on this topic that he shared with > Candace Cornell, me, and the other members of FOSP who are all Lansing > residents. > > Donna Scott > > Lansing Station Road > Lansing, NY > d...@cornell.edu > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
