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This is interesting the glyphosate stuff. I listen to sports radio every morning and the hosts are always under the weather and their main sponsor is a pest control/ weed control lawn company. And they always talk about being out enjoying the yard. I can’t help but wonder if there is a correlation. Hmmm

What really upsets me is how these companies tout how they make the yards better by killing mosquitos and I worry about the birds who rely on mosquitos for food. I have a nest of barn swallows under my eaves. They eat mosquitos.

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Lots of mosquitoes.

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Petra we also used to have dozens of geese in our neighborhood. Groups with batches of adorable goslings. Now we have a couple of geese here and a couple there. What did they do to the geese!

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If they're Canada geese, they may have been poisoned by eating grass on your local golf course or public park.

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We don’t have a golf course nearby. I actually wonder if the old man who takes a cart of food to the small lake in our community isn’t actually poisoning them. The reduction in numbers started slowly a few years ago and now it is obvious something is going on.

Sadly I would bet most people in my area are glad they aren’t around anymore. And don’t care why.

And yes they are Canada geese.

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I finally found a park ranger to answer about the geese: they are a lesser species of Canada geese and they do not migrate. Someone propagated some which happened to be non-migrating..

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Thanks for the reply. Golfers (who are not also bird lovers) despise Canadas because they leave slimy green poop all over the putting greens. And it is illegal to shoot them in many jurisdictions, so ....

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Yes we have that problem on school soccer fields and such.

Used to have it on our sidewalks. Now not so much. It’s a mystery I haven’t wanted to explore as I’m not sure I want the answer. I do feel though of taxpayer money was used for some sort of ‘mitigation,’ then we should have been told.

I love the sound of the geese. I used to joke the saddest sound to me was the geese honking as they fly south as it means winter is coming and the most joyful sound is the geese honking as they fly back north in spring.

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They are fine, strong birds. On Youtube there's a video of a guy flying an ultralight in formation with a flock of Canadas.

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A fictional adaptation was made of that story, Fly Away Home, film released in 1996.

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Crazy!!

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So migratory birds cannot be disturbed. These of a lesser species are not migrating, shoot them.

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Cold

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