| The Canada goose is perhaps one of the most magnificent migratory birds of North America. Who doesn’t remember the days when great flocks of Canada Geese flew overhead in perfect formation on their way to their winter habitats and on their return to their great nesting areas of Canada? And, how we were in awe of such a sight, one of the few experiences of a growing urban society to see wildlife, although ever so briefly.
But, In recent years, a once small population of "resident", non-migratory Canada geese, the remnants of hunting stocks, have grown in numbers so that in many of our communities, the Canada goose is seen as a nuisance and is the source of a growing controversy, pitting neighbor against neighbor and institution against institution, on what to do about it. |