But in my neighborhood, there are people who go around and shake the eggs earlier in the year so the numbers stay manageable.

I know a couple fellows who were recorded doing this and they were heavily fined.

They do a certain percentage of what they find.

They are a migratory bird and they and their nests are protected. I just posted this data as a warning to anyone thinking of doing so. There are humane ways to control these birds. And perhaps they should no longer be protected the law is from 1918.

way to control their population. They were becoming very violent when there were too many of them, both to people and to each other.

Once upon a time I lived at a Marina, and they were everywhere. People, especially children, don't realize how aggressive they are until it's way too late. I've seen some very amusing situations develop watching from my boat.

center of a duck pond prior to holiday decorations being installed. One of the boys got a tad too close to a big white goose. That goose lit into that poor kid.

So we don’t have geese around our yard as we have a shit-tonne (literally) of wild turkeys.

So to get rid of geese and all their shit, just cultivate turkeys. Different shit same problem.

Crap everywhere, fouls the waters, causes algae blooms. Used to kayak the Huron River near Milford, the city park put-in is usually covered with crap get on your water shoes then in the boat.
Give me trumpeter swans instead, beautiful birds.

Many of these geese live there. He puts a couple of stakes at waters edge and runs strings from one to another. No geese on his well manicured lawn.