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The Peregrine Chick:
Nice flamingo story ... shows how it can be a delicate dance with some species ...
http://tyneandwear.sky.com/news/article/65932/frigid-flamingos-are-in-the-pink-after-adopting-five-hand-reared
here's a bit more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-22400310
The Peregrine Chick:
Cool research on animal symbiosis of the unlikely kind ...
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Beavers+help+nesting+geese+researchers+find/7961447/story.html
Kinderchick:
All very interesting, jadoo and very sound advice from TPC... I didn't know that a goose had died while sitting on her nest last year. Do they know why this happened? And what happened with her eggs? ???
Okay, never mind about the last part of my post, concerning the goose and her eggs, jadoo. I just went back and re-read this thread where you have already posted about Mama Goose and her eggs. :-[ Sometimes hard to remember all the info and to keep it all straight. ::)
birdcamfan:
This is really great information to know. I wasn't aware of a lot of these rules. Thank you for keeping us out of jail!
The Peregrine Chick:
Jadoo - you might want to suggest to your Building Services people that they contact Conservation now and ask if they can get permission to contact one of the wildlife rehab organizations if they can't get hold of a Manitoba Conservation (say on a weekend or in the case of an emergency) once the ducklings/goslings hatch and it looks like Mom is trying to get them off the roof. Rehab organizations have some additional permit responsibilities and rights that might apply in this kind of situation. I don't know if it will work, but it might be an option so long as: a) your Building Services folks don't disturb the birds until the Mom is trying to get them off (that's a violation of the federal legislation) and b) given that your building actually doesn't have anyway for the birds to get off.
It is not unusual for geese to nest high, higher than we think we would think safe - and they manage to get their kids safely to ground. But sometimes that's just not the case.
Exclusion is always the best way to prevent occupation but your patios are too large to be able to exclude them. Next option is to reduce the site's appeal.An option for next year is to see if an hourly run around your rooftop patios is a possibility by your Security Staff. The geese are attracted to the fact that it seems safe from predators. Security Staff would be seen as a predator so a slow walk around the patios hourly at the time that the geese are nesting - so April and May - could be enough to negate the appeal of the site. Keep in mind that geese though ferocious at times are not like the peregrines - they aren't tied to nestsites or defending territories like the peregrines, they pretty much start fresh each year looking for a safe site though they may return to the previous year's site as a starting point. And you avoid the potential for being found in violation of federal legislation entirely.
Just a suggestion ... :)
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