Re: ponds/plants/geese

Long Island has an unusually huge overpopulation of Canadian Geese.  Because 
they are classified under federal law as migratory birds, it is illegal to 
kill them.  But here they are not "migratory."  It is as if they showed up one 
year, and they never leave.  They just stay and multiply.  They don't fly south, 
as they are supposed to.  Just about everywhere you go, you see them.  Many 
times they hold up traffic while they cross or just stand and stare in the 
middle of the road.  Again, its a violation of federal law to harm them, so they 
stop traffic & cause grid lock on local streets.  

I believe that at one point (last year or so), they got an exemption and were 
allowed to declare "open season" on them to reduce the population.  I had 
heard that the birds that were killed were used to feed the homeless.

Eva
Long Island, NY
Zone 6/7

"We don't do enough to exploit renewable energy resources."
Me

In a message dated 2/1/2004 6:53:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
Aplfgcnys@aol.com writes:
One town on Long Island Sound has hired a team of Border Collies to herd them 
from the town park back into the water.  

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