Also kale, collards, cabbage, chard, lettuce and all kinds of squash are great treats. Root vegetables such as sweet potatoes, beets, turnips, carrots, radishes and parsnips are also super nutritious treats but ducks have a far easier time eating them if they are cooked or grated.

Coots feed on aquatic plants, like duckweed and grasses, and animals such as snails and larvae brought up from the bottom of the pond or river. When they venture into gardens they will feed on kitchen scraps and soft seed.

Lettuce Greens It is no secret geese love greens, that’s why it is important to keep the birds out of your vegetable garden. My geese are especially fond of beet greens. Kale is also a great option. Avoid spinach, however, because it contains oxalic acid, which depletes calcium in bird bones.

Cabbage, cauliflower leaves and lettuce are three favorites of geese. They will also eat different cooked vegetables that may be left over from Sunday dinner, such as carrots and parsnips. Like humans, not all geese like the same things but, also like humans, they often develop an acquired taste for certain foodstuffs.

Here are several reasons why you should not feed geese and other birds. Bread, crackers, popcorn, and other high-carbohydrate foods are like junk food to birds. They provide very little nutritional content, and birds that fill up on them will not seek out other, nutritious food.

How to Tame A Goose

1. Water bottles won’t work!
2. Make eye contact with the gander at all times.
3. Look small and look less like a threat.
4. Most of all, talk softly.
5. Offer them treats.
6. Let them know that you take care of them- keep them supplied with water and feed.
7. If they hiss, do not hiss back.

According to scientists, the most efficient goose repellents are those based on methyl anthranilate and anthraquinone. These are naturally occurring compounds safe for plants and pets.

Spraying Yuck on the Grass A commercially available goose repellent contains methyl anthranilate, a chemical that is found naturally in grape juice and gives grape bubblegum its flavor. Methyl anthranilate irritates nerves in avian eyes, throat and beaks while other animals just smell grape.

It turns out that synthetic grape flavor methyl anthranilate is a powerful repellent for waterfowl. You can sprinkle powdered grape Jolly Ranchers or kool-aid on grass and geese will not stay.

Below, let’s take a look at helpful tips on how to keep geese out of your yard once and for all.

1. Allow Your Grass To Grow Taller.
2. Use a Dog to Scare the Geese Away.
3. Avoid Feeding the Geese.
4. Set Up Decoys to Scare Away Geese.
5. Use Sound to Frighten Geese.
6. Chase Geese off Your Property.
7. Block Your Yard with a Fence.

Their feathers shed rain and trap air against their bodies to help keep them warm. But heavy rains prompt them to seek shelter in bushes and trees. They remain motionless and conserve energy much as they do at night.

Late evening / midnight and early morning are also times when predators come out. They can spook a flock. They also make noise when mating season begins (Jan / Feb or so).

The “honk” call of the Canada goose is used variously to ward off intruders, advertise territory boundaries, as a long-distance call, to answer a mate, as part of a greeting ceremony after being separated from a mate, and when in flight or about to take flight.