• General Questions About Geese

   Some of the geese in my area have neck collars. Should I report the numbers?  Answer

   How fast can Canada geese fly?  Answer

   How can I tell the difference between male and female Canada geese?  Answer

   What are the natural predators of Canada geese?  Answer

• Behavioral Questions About Geese

   I know that geese mate for life but if something happens to one, will he (or she) eventually find another mate or stay single the rest of his (or her) life? If they do not mate again, will they ever be accepted into another group or spend their life by themselves?  Answer

   There is a pond where I work, and I couldn't help noticing this one lonely goose hanging around. He appears to be healthy, what might be wrong, if anything?  Answer

   If one goose of a mated pair dies, does the mate mourn? A goose on our lake died yesterday and last night and all this morning, his mate has been swimming around the lake calling out in what sounds like despair. It is a loud sad short honk, and he/she just keeps circling the lake doing this.  Answer

• Helping Geese: handling injuries, abandonded goslings and eggs, nesting, etc.

   General Information.

   How to find a wildlife rehabilitator.

   We found a gosling who appears to be abandoned. What should we do?  Answer

   A goose has built a nest very high up, do we need to do anything? How will the goslings get down?  Answer

   We found some abandoned Canada goose eggs, how do we incubate them and raise the goslings?  Answer

• Adoption, feeding, nesting boxes, etc.

   How do we go about adopting some Canada geese?  Answer

   We enjoy feeding the geese but have heard that feeding them bread is not good for them. Is this true? What should we feed the geese instead?  Answer

   Do you have information on building nesting boxes/platforms for geese? Answer

• Public health and water quality

   Is goose poop a health threat?  Answer

   Do geese cause the condition called "swimmers itch"?  Answer

   Is it a health risk if geese cause elevated coliform levels in lakes and ponds?  Answer

• Methods for humane coexistence with geese

   I don't want to harm the geese, but in certain areas they are making quite a mess,
  what techniques are available to keep them out of these areas?  Answer

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