Apparently the great geese war of New York City has been declared a victory for the humans, with sharply declining number of Canada Geese around LaGuardia Airport and only one plane-goose collision between May and November of last year. Methinks the Post speaks too soon but only time will tell…
Does this mean there’s a snarge shortage?
well, that was an interesting news story about how they have successfully declined the nesting geese near the airport. I don’t think anyone would argue that geese haven’t become a problem in many areas.
But, as was discovered by analyzing DNA from the birds that hit the plane that went down in the Hudson, those were MIGRATING birds, not local, and certainly not breeding here. So will a marshy area with less geese look less attractive to a migrating flock looking to put down for the night? Or will it be even more attractive because there will be less competition?