>Geese chased out of a park in Chicago returned to the area twice as quickly on days when they were harassed, compared with days when they left of their own accord

Because the reason they left was no longer valid, whereas when they left of their own accord presumably the reason was still valid (had eaten all the food, bad nesting, noise etc)

An excellent case study on data being pointless. The title might as well be “Geese want to be where humans don’t want them to be, probably for food or habitat reasons.”

They’re not twice as likely to return if shooed away. They want to be in certain places because they instinctively know it’s a good spot for resources so they’ll keep trying. The shooing had little to do with them returning or not.

Geese are easily startled, but they'll soon be back, and in greater numbers.

Where I live, Canadian Geese were here all over the place, pooping everywhere. Then 2 year-round swans moved in, the geese disappeared and have not been back. Seems they hate each other.

This headline is clearly tailored to make it seem like spite or whatever, but it is clear _after_ the headline: if you shoo them away from where they want to be they come back, whereas if they no longer want to be there and leave they don't come back.

This is like saying "people come back to their homes when I random set off their fire alarm at a much higher rate than when they decide to sell their home and buy a new house somewhere else".

Airports use lasers and pyrotechnics to get rid of them.

https://www.birdcontrolgroup.com/chasing-away-the-geese-at-d...

>The giant Canada goose subspecies was believed to be extinct in the 1950s until, in 1962, a small flock was discovered wintering in Rochester, Minnesota, by Harold Hanson of the Illinois Natural History Survey.

No good deed ever goes unpunished.

Maybe they should open a restaurant nearby. Source your food locally...

In Michigan we'd use a potato gun (for the noise) to scare them off, as well as very low velocity bb guns (hit the foot of one, they alarm and the flock leaves). The ultimate device to keep those poop machines away was my Australian Shepherd - sending her out to chase kept them away for a day+

The best way to deal with Canadian geese is an unneutered off-leash lab around a year old.

Things I have learned in life that were not obvious include "do not mess with geese" (or crows).

They are way smarter and more aggressive than you might ever imagine.

There's a reason why they use geese as "watchdogs"

You wouldn't be shooing them away if there wasn't something there to shoo them away from. It's just logical.

While parks and ponds are unusable because of geese poo. I love animals so i am not sure what to make of this

Can confirm, these birds are the least polite Canadians I know.

Interested in the state on shooting away rather than shooing.

Great. You know exactly where to shoot them..

Any work-arounds for the paywall?