Got Geese In Your Backyard? Time For Goose Deterrents!

If youve got geese roaming around your property

, you know they can be rather annoying and create quite a bit of damage. Unless you implement some effective goose control in the form of deterrents, youll continue to invite more and more geese to your property.

Besides trampling all over your garden and favorite plants, geese will leave odorous, droppings everywhere. They like to hang around your pond, pool or spa. When they do, they can easily leave behind diseases like histoplasmosis, toxoplasmosis and giardia. And while kids love to feed geese, they can become quite aggressive and knock over a child.

While some homeowners have resorted to BB guns and poisons, these deterrents can be dangerous for use around pets and children. Such cruel and draconian methods also tend to be ineffective in the long run. So whats a geese-beleagured homeowner to do? Rest assured, there are humane and surprisingly effective goose deterrents to choose from. Some of the most popular include:

Scarecrow Motion-Activated Sprinkler

Geese dont like to be hit with a blast from a garden hose. But who can stand there day and night with a hose spraying geese? The Scarecrow can. Its a tireless sentry that stands guard 24/7 just waiting for geese to enter its radius of protection. The second they do, its HELLO with a sobering and harmless blast of water. After a few blasts, geese get the message and move on to friendlier pastures. Scarecrows are surprisingly easy to use. Just connect them to your garden hose, adjust the sensitivity and blast radius, and youre covered for an area of about 1,200 square feet (or a 35-foot by 45-foot wide swath). Scarecrows typically deliver up to 1,000 "firings" on a single 9-volt battery.

Migrate Goose Repellent

Geese like to graze on lawn areas and other shrubbery. You can deter geese from your yard by eliminating lawns and other areas as food sources by applying non-toxic, food grade goose repellents such as Migrate. Migrate goose repellent contains grape extract something that geese and cannot stand. The repellent is sprayed directly on your grass and lasts as long as you let the grass grow. Geese cannot stand the taste or smell and will move on to a new food source.

Sonic Goose Deterrents

Most birds are extremely alert when it comes to threatening sounds. And nothing sounds more threatening to a goose than the sound of another goose being attacked. Thats how Sonic Goose Deterrents work. Units such as the Goose Chase Sonic from Bird-B-Gone, Inc. play recorded goose distress calls and can cover up to five acres. The Goose Chase Sonic is weather resistant and can be programmed to shut off automatically at night.

Habitat Modification

Beyond the use of goose deterrents and repellents, slightly modifying your property to make it less goose friendly can help. If you have a waterfront property increasing the angle of slope from the water to your yard can help, or adding items like Bird-B-Gones balloon near water edges can deter geese from entering your property. Allow grass areas around where the geese are entering to grow longer as geese prefer low manicured lawns to feed on. Planting plant species that are less attracktive to geese around as a food source near your shore or property lines can also help.

The best time to install goose deterrents is before geese arrive. If geese visit your property on an annual basis, try to anticpate there arrival installing deterrents before they establish a nesting site on or near your property is very effective.

For additional advice on how to keep geese away from your home, consult an expert like the folks at Bird-B-Gone.

by: Alex A. Kecskes

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