We have a pond here at my office park. A few years back we had 200+ Canadian geese and ducks in this 1-2 acre pond. The ladies that worked in the grocery store bakery across the street would feed them day old bread everyday @ 4pm. One winter the geese did not migrate because they were being fed here in NH.
At night they would come over and sleep on the paved parking lot because it was warm. We all learned to look down before you stepped out of your automobile in the morning. Walking across the parking lot was like crossing a minefield.
Eventually enough of the business owners complained and the ladies stomped feeding the water fowl. Now, we have fake coyotes and other predator statues around the pond. We even have a recorded sound of some predator. Plus they added two fountains to deter the birds from landing.
LOL! The condo sub next to mine which borders a water shed stream has a couple of those fake coyote silhouettes and the geese either don't know what a coyote is or could care less about the silhouettes..........
The Sterling Heights stamping plant in Sterling Hgts also has several of those coyotes on their front lawn along Van Dyke and the geese just ignore them.........