Geese and Other Waterfowl

Giant Canada Goose: Distribution & Abundance in Vilas Park

Summary report on Canada geese in the Lake Wingra Watershed (working draft)
Numbers of geese in different areas of Vilas Park
2001-02 student goose study
2003-04 student goose study
2001-02 student study of microbes in goose feces
Goose feces in Vilas Park  (Drew, Nadolny, Saeman 2004)

Goose feces in Vilas Park  (Bastian, Selle, Sheild 2006)

Geese in Vilas Park & Yahara Golf Course (Dittrich, Kube, Rechlicz, Stapleton 2006)

Effects of shoreline planting on geese in Vilas Park in summer (Davis, Langerhorst, Miller 2007)

Effect of shoreline planting on geese in fall (Adkins & Klatt 2007)

Goose feces in Vilas Park (Schewe 2007)

Change in goose populations in Vilas Park (Feldbruegge, Pigott, Waldinger 2007)

Inter-mixing between urban and migrant geese (Clemens, Martin, Meixner, Rindy 2007)
Use of different areas of Vilas Park by geese (Endres, Lederman, Thompson 2008)
Canadian Geese in Vilas Park: Summer Activity in Zones 1 and 2 (Greiber, Scheele, Schlimgen, Seiler 2008)
The effects of the natural vegetation buffer on the Canadian geese population during the fall and summer months  (Berberet, Diebold, Scherer, Thompson 2008)
Effect of Group Size on the Startle Response of Geese in the Lake Wingra Watershed
 (Ryan, Stevenson, Traut 2008); Summary for kiosk posting (Traut 2009)

Effect of mild versus extreme weather conditions on the population size of geese and their distribution throughout Vilas Park during the fall migratory season  (Acker, Dyer, Santilli, Williams 2009)
Effect of weather on Canada geese use of different zones in Vilas Park (Keithahn, Landwehr, Lor)

Density and distribution of goose feces in Vilas Park (Chris Isensee, Cutting Edge Student 2009)

Seasonal change in numbers of geese since 2001