Does anybody know if Canada Geese are territorial enough that they would try to discourage El Cormorante in a small pond?
I highly doubt it. I've had both on my pond at the same time, keep in mind my pond is somewhat larger. I don't feel like they compete for the same area or food. Now, we do have some nests built for canada geese that are built over the water. I do think that if the Cormorant tried to climb into the nest area to preen itself, then the goose would feel threatened and run it off. But that would be the only case I could think of. In the years I helped my grandfather raise geese, he used to raise several hundred canadians a year, I found that they only protected a small perimeter around their nest.
