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Last week marked the start of spring, which also means it鈥檚 the start of the nesting season for a common resident 鈥� the Canada goose.

Laurie Graber of the says the agency has already received complaints about geese this week.

鈥淚t was like somebody flipped a switch on Monday. It鈥檚 been relatively quiet until this week and all of a sudden, I鈥檓 receiving calls left and right about geese that are nesting by door entrances and being aggressive to people and geese that have eggs in the nest now.鈥�

Graber has on how to deal with these feathered neighbors. She says don鈥檛 feed the geese as they will become more aggressive and are more inclined to attack.

She also says if you are approached by an attacking goose, slowly back away while maintaining direct eye contact.

Geese are federally protected waterfowl. It鈥檚 illegal to kill, trap or harass nesting birds.

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