Canada geese droppings

[Joe Holmes]

This is not a Catalina question, however I thought that many of you might have some advice.  Our club has a growing problem with Canada geese using our docks as a toilet facility overnight.  Most mornings our docks and walkways are littered with the unpleasant remnants of a growing flock that nests in our cove.  With nobody around in the darkness, our docks are for some reason an attraction.  Does anyone have suggestions or experience that will help us repel the geese?

[Fuzzy]

We have the same problem here also but with Mallard ducks, not geese.  A real
big nusience but don't know a solution.  The harbor master or helpers must wash
every morning with a hose.

[Jim Hardesty]

The only thing that has keep the birds, goose duck and seagull, off the docks for our club is lines set at waist height set on one side of the dock.  Quarter inch visible line seems to work as well as flags.  My bird-brain theory   is that the birds don't like to fly near them.  We set them up after the boats are out of the water and there is not much dock traffic, but it's not hard to step over the lines.  Saves us a lot of power washing.  And once the birds are discouraged they are slow to return.
Hope this helps.
Jim

[Stu Jackson]

Oh, no, not yet another bird sh*t thing.

www.BoatUS.com

Look up BIRDS.  They've been writing about for about 24.78 years.   

[Indian Falls]

One place I was at used cardboard coyote targets, just set it at the end of the dock.
I cant wait to try this.  I sure hope it works on the barn swallows too.

[waterdog]

I was going to say call the Department of Homeland Security and have them get rid of these foreign terrorists, but based on your address they may have already repatriated them to your marina. 

[patrice]

Hi,

The line thing works great.
We do this at our family cottage.
We place a fishing line at about little over a foot height.  And I supposed they get scared because they hit something has they get close to landing but don't know what ???
So they go somewhere else...

[lazybone]

Had a pair of mallards build a nest in our power boat this year.
It was the biggest mess but I didn't have the heart to wreck it.

[Jack Hutteball]

Real simple guys.... everyone have goose instead of turkey for Thanksgiving

[Footloose]

It is goose season here in Vermont!

[Joe Holmes]

Thanks for all the advice. The BoatUS Site had lots of ideas for boats, some should be applicable to docks.  Our geese are polite enough to stay off the boats but they love the docks.  We are sorry for imposing these winged grease guns upon our neighbors to the south, for what it's worth.