{"id":10564,"date":"2019-12-01T10:02:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T15:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/?p=10564"},"modified":"2019-12-01T10:02:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T15:02:31","slug":"branta-canadensis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/branta-canadensis\/","title":{"rendered":"Branta canadensis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"715\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/co0922-geese-n3656-1024x715.jpg\" alt=\"fly away\" class=\"wp-image-10565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/co0922-geese-n3656-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/co0922-geese-n3656-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/co0922-geese-n3656-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/co0922-geese-n3656.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Public health and safety risks are a growing concern with Canada geese. A large population of geese that frequents a lawn, a golf course, or an agricultural field can leave behind an unpleasant mess. Studies have shown that a well-fed, healthy adult Canada goose can produce up to 1.5 pounds of fecal matter per day. Where resident goose populations are sizeable (>100 birds), the continuous influx of nutrients contained in Canada goose feces can contribute to the eutrophication of small water bodies, especially those that have restricted circulation and flow-through, which in turn may stimulate algae and weed growth. Bacteria and particulate matter contained in goose feces, when present in sufficient quantity, may lead to the need for special treatment of drinking water drawn from surface ponds or reservoirs where geese congregate. Additionally, beaches and other public areas littered with accumulated goose feces have been closed due to the contamination or the threat of personal injury resulting from falls as people lose footing on the slippery material.&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanwildlife.cmi.vt.edu\/Species\/Goose.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Center for Human Wildlife Conflict Resolution (opens in a new tab)\">Center for Human Wildlife Conflict Resolution<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[14,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-fauna"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10564"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10567,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10564\/revisions\/10567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}