Apparently the great geese war of New York City has been declared a victory for the humans, with sharply declining number of Canada Geese around LaGuardia Airport and only one plane-goose collision between May and November of last year. Methinks the Post speaks too soon but only time will tell…
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
Does this mean there’s a snarge shortage?
well, that was an interesting news story about how they have successfully declined the nesting geese near the airport. I don’t think anyone would argue that geese haven’t become a problem in many areas.
But, as was discovered by analyzing DNA from the birds that hit the plane that went down in the Hudson, those were MIGRATING birds, not local, and certainly not breeding here. So will a marshy area with less geese look less attractive to a migrating flock looking to put down for the night? Or will it be even more attractive because there will be less competition?