Many towns across Lake Ontario have problems with the geese on the beaches and lakeside parks. Thousands never migrate and will over-winter in marinas and such. In the spring the eggs are 'oiled' - the eggs do not develop with this process. Sometimes they are herded and shipped to other provinces but they quickly find that they need to be culled in some way. I am in the route of probably 4 thousand that head fromt he local marina and north every day. Sometimes they are quite high but at times they can be as low as 70-100 ft. above the house...The noise is deafening...
Formations of anywhere between 3 to 40 will go over and the sky is full with them. I've seen (and heard) it take about 20 minutes for the sky to clear. The good thing is that geese do their business on the ground if you are wanting to look overhead at them passing.
We have "No Feeding" laws as well...this just encourages them to stay around and the bread etc. being fed to them is not good for them anyway. You don't want to get in the way of a mad goose who wants what you have in your hand. They can be very, very nasty!
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