Border Collies + Geese = No Poop to step on!

**Crystal** · June-14-10, 09:07 PM

Article in today's Free Press about this very topic:

Dangerous levels of E. coli found in waterways

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...te=fullarticle

**Gannon** · June-28-10, 03:56 PM

Sometimes life is stranger than fiction.

Took a spin around Belle Isle this morning, couldn't believe what mine eyes have seen. Luckily, I had my trusty Olympus by my side...

**Gannon** · June-28-10, 04:02 PM

I'm betting that they landed a Homeland Security contract, and are getting paid big bucks to collect all of these birds.

I'm also expecting a new trend of 'Gray Turkey' for this coming Thanksgiving...

**1KielsonDrive** · June-28-10, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by Gannon

Sometimes life is stranger than fiction.

Took a spin around Belle Isle this morning, couldn't believe what mine eyes have seen. Luckily, I had my trusty Olympus by my side...

I absolutely love it. Must've been one hell of a racket. I took part in egg replacement at Belle Isle when I lived on the lower east side during the early 2000's.

**torbusto** · June-28-10, 04:07 PM

Cool

The DNR started their round up of Canada Geese this month and I heard about rounding them into pens and now I see how it works.

**Gannon** · June-28-10, 04:10 PM

There wasn't a single fuss, and the collectors were carrying 'em by the handful to their cage-trailer.

The geeses couldn't have been more co-operative.

**Jimaz** · June-28-10, 04:23 PM

Why didn't they try to fly away?

**Johnnny5** · June-28-10, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by Jimaz

Why didn't they try to fly away?

Geese are more B-52 bomber than Apache helicopter. They need a runway.

**Jimaz** · June-28-10, 05:19 PM

Oh. Good answer! I guess I haven't witnessed the process that much.

lincoln8740 · June-28-10, 06:05 PM

we are now on three weeks of putting up fake coyotes and we are virtually goose free--To be able to walk to the water in barefeet is sweet

**LEOQUEEN** · June-28-10, 06:05 PM

Please clarify....I thought the Canada Goose was protected, and that you can't even SHOO them....dont get me wrong, I hate the buggers; I have done my share of slipping in a fresh pile of bird turd---but have been reluctant to take any kind of action because of law. [?]