We had a lovely lunch then walked along the seawall. We only saw two Canada Geese and they looked quite young. Usually there are lots. Jim said he saw a few more very much in the distance by the Cactus Club. I googled and brought up this CBC article that was posted Mar. 3, 2021.
'In Vancouver, it's geese who reign over the green space in town.
Thousands of the birds — and counting — waddle as they please through the city's oceanfront parks, leaving an impressive trail of feathers and excrement in their wake. They foul public swimming pools, gobble young grass from freshly seeded fields, dig holes around water sprinklers and nip at passersby who get too close during mating season.
The Vancouver Park Board, by its own admission, cannot keep up.
"It is a constant challenge for the trades and operations staff," it said in a statement.
The board announced on Wednesday it is officially enlisting the public in its effort, asking for help to control the growing population of 3,500 geese. Staff are developing a Canada Geese Management Plan to find and remove nests, sterilize existing eggs and reinforce a ban on feeding geese."
I can't see the problem being solved this quickly. There must be something else going on.
