these are geese we saw in east hampton at the bird santuary. i believe one is an embden, and the other two are chinese. i currently don't have a photo of the beautiful canada geese that frequent new york city's parks. the geese have posed a problem for the region's airports for a number of years now. (you can read a new york times article about it here, and a more recent article here.) unfortunately, the city's current policy towards canadian geese is to shoot them or gas them. i found an article about the situation on the audubon site. thankfully, audubon has suggestions on how we can all work to try and change this attitude. if you scroll down to the end of the article, you'll see that the nyc chapter of audubon has asked nyc residents and people outside nyc to register a complaint. please call! and please follow the instructions audubon gives. it's not always easy communicating with the 311 complaint line, but the article has very good tips and specific information you can give to make your voice heard. in addition the USDA publishes an impact statement upon which the public may comment. when the edited version is announced, and comments will again be accepted, i'll post a link. comments on the recent version were just closed yesterday. thanks so much!
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
better management for new york city's geese
these are geese we saw in east hampton at the bird santuary. i believe one is an embden, and the other two are chinese. i currently don't have a photo of the beautiful canada geese that frequent new york city's parks. the geese have posed a problem for the region's airports for a number of years now. (you can read a new york times article about it here, and a more recent article here.) unfortunately, the city's current policy towards canadian geese is to shoot them or gas them. i found an article about the situation on the audubon site. thankfully, audubon has suggestions on how we can all work to try and change this attitude. if you scroll down to the end of the article, you'll see that the nyc chapter of audubon has asked nyc residents and people outside nyc to register a complaint. please call! and please follow the instructions audubon gives. it's not always easy communicating with the 311 complaint line, but the article has very good tips and specific information you can give to make your voice heard. in addition the USDA publishes an impact statement upon which the public may comment. when the edited version is announced, and comments will again be accepted, i'll post a link. comments on the recent version were just closed yesterday. thanks so much!
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