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As spring approaches, I am again reminded of the local population of Canada Geese and all of the problems they cause.
They flourish in the city’s parks, which provide an ideal habitat with no natural predators. Often, too many to count, they plague our parks, waddling as they please, leaving an impressive trail of feathers and excrement in their wake.
They also crowd multi-use paths, interfere with walkers, cyclists etc. who are trying to enjoy park facilities.
Children play on the grass fields which are also home to the goose droppings. Traffic on Riverside Drive is regularly halted by geese crossing from and to the parks.
To its credit, the city does its best to regularly clear the sidewalks of this unhealthy, unsightly mess to allow pedestrians to again use the walkways, but the birds are persistent and relentless. It is a constant challenge.
Of course, Windsor is not the only city plagued with this problem. Other Canadian cities (Vancouver comes to mind) have developed Canada Geese management plans to find and remove nests, sterilize existing eggs and reinforce a ban on feeding geese.
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People have taken to feeding the geese regularly which encourages them to gather in high-traffic areas and lay more than one clutch of eight eggs per season. It’s a reproductive rate that wouldn’t be possible if people weren’t supplementing their diets.
I believe to do nothing will simply exacerbate an already untenable situation.
Robert Dogterom, Windsor
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