• Do not feed or leave out food for geese or other waterfowl and tell others to do the same
• Allow grass to grow tall along waterways: geese prefer to walk to water and will move away in search of areas with shorter grass
• Support local geese control programs:  the Town of North Hempstead has restarted their egg-oiling program on Town-owned land.  You can report possible nesting sites to the Town's 311 number.  To learn more about this humane population control program, visit www.geesepeace.com

Feeding geese human food (such as bread or crackers) can cause:

• A painful and debilitating vitamin-deficiency disease called Angel Wing
• Over-population
• Nesting in areas that interfere with humans and/or are dangerous for the birds
• Excessive bird droppings which are a source of pollution (both bacteria and nutrients) to Manhasset Bay causing   swimming closures
• Bird feces interfering with the use of athletic fields and other locations
• Birds learning not to fear humans, causing a possibly dangerous situation
• Aggressiveness
• An increased risk of vehicle/goose and aircraft/goose collisions
• Erosion leading to filling-in of the Bay, especially along the coast where birds eat grass
• Disease transmission among the birds that gather at an unnatural spot to eat

Geese need natural, vitamin-rich foods.

Resident [non-migratory] Canada Goose facts:

• One goose can produce up to 1.5 pounds of feces per day, though this number is disputed with claims of anywhere from 1 ounce to 2 pounds.
• A goose can eat up to 4 pounds of grass per day
• The population increases at a rate of 10-17% each year with one goose laying an average of 6 eggs per nest
• Resident Canada Geese have a life span of up to 25 years
• They were introduced by human activity, including captive breeding and the use of live decoys for hunting in the early to mid 1900s.

Do not feed or leave out food for geese or other waterfowl