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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Department of Fisheries and Wildlife 200 Hodson Hall,1980 Folwell Ave. College offatural Resources St.Paul,MN 55108-1036 • 612-624-3600 Fax:612-625-5299 MINNESOTA COOPERATIVE FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH UNIT COOPERATORS: U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service Un&ershy of Minnesota Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Management Institute Friday, July 10, 1992 Mr. Dave Urbana Assistant of the City Manager- Saint Anthony Village . 3301 Silver Lake Rd. Saint Anthony Village, MN 55418 Dear Mr Urbana: We completed the Canada goose capture and translocation in the Metropolitan Area on Monday, 6 July. A total of 4,161 geese (1,257 adults and 2,904 young) were trapped at 59 sites and transported elsewhere. In 1991. we caught 2,822 geese (1,144 adults and 1,683 young) at 56 sites. Like last year, adult geese were divided between Oklahoma (500) and Mississippi (757) and released on their wildlife areas. The goslings were • transported to Minnesota sites, mostly in the north and northwest, and released. Goose production this spring was highest in the last 10 years. The early and cool spring gave the birds plenty of time to nest and kept the grass green and growing, contributed to an unusually productive year for the geese. While adults were up by only 113 (10 percent) in 1992, we caught 1,221 (73 percent) more young. The crew trapped 98% of the geese they attempted to capture, up from 95% last year The cool weather made for less stress on the geese and the goose capture crews. We lost one adult while trapping, and one gosling and one adult during transport. This was less that the four expected based on our estimate of the one death per 1000 geese captured and transported. All deaths resulted from the stress of the capture combined with an infirmity or disease. No birds were lost as a result of injury. The locations, dates, and number of geese captured at Silver Lake were: Location Date Young Adults Total • SILVER LAKE 6/17/92 36 9 45