Executive Summary
March saw a dramatic seasonal transition at Twin Beach Country Club, with zero geese during the first week while ponds remained frozen, followed by a sharp surge to 40 geese by mid-month as spring thaw opened water across the course. Intensive daily hazing with dogs, paddleboards, and lasers brought counts down through the second half of the month, though persistent pairs continued testing multiple zones.
- 30 service visits conducted across 22 unique days in March
- Average of 10.5 geese per visit with a peak count of 40 on March 18
- Main Pond and Ponds Course emerged as primary hotspots with confirmed overnighting behavior
- Clear seasonal pattern: zero geese weeks 1-2, surge to 34-40 mid-month, stabilizing at 2-23 by month end
- No nests discovered; one "super sticky" pair near Main Pond flagged for April nest monitoring
Visit Log
All 30 site visits during March 2026. Click a row to expand zone-level detail where available.
| Date | Technician | Geese | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Mar 2, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 0 | No geese. All ponds are still fully frozen over and 2/3 of the course is covered in snow. |
Central Course0 geeseDroppings: Moderate Good amount of feces around the main pond and driving range, but it's all breaking down. My guess is at least 2 weeks old. | |||
| Mon, Mar 2, 2026 | Matt Booker | 0 | Still some snow on half of course or so |
| Tue, Mar 3, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 0 | No geese or new feces. |
Wooded Ponds0 geeseDroppings: Low Small scattering of feces on some of the thawed parts of the back half of the course, all are old and starting to break down | |||
| Wed, Mar 4, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 0 | No geese on site and no new feces. A couple of breeding pairs of sandhill cranes though! |
| Thu, Mar 5, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 0 | No geese or recent feces, but lots of ducks enjoying the rain. Most of the snow is gone as well |
| Fri, Mar 6, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 0 | — |
Wooded Ponds0 geeseDroppings: Low No geese, but a small amount of feces from yesterday afternoon or evening around the front wooded pond. Looks like 1-2 geese stopped here for a bit yesterday before moving on | |||
| Mon, Mar 9, 2026 | Matt Booker | 4 | — |
Main Pond4 geeseDroppings: Moderate 1 pair at each side of main pond, ran Spot off lead for both. More droppings from this weekend than today | |||
| Tue, Mar 10, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 2 | — |
Ponds Course2 geeseDroppings: Low Pair of geese at the furthest back pond near Bunker Ave, hazed with pearl off leash Main Pond0 geeseDroppings: Moderate Some feces that appear to be from yesterday or the weekend | |||
| Mon, Mar 16, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 34 | — |
Central Course17 geeseDroppings: High Large group of geese on the pond as well as grazing and sleeping around it, hazed off with pearl and the boat. A ton of feces from the last week, including many overnighting piles Tree Pond7 geeseDroppings: Moderate Grazing between this pond and the central pond of this area, hazed off with pearl. Most of the feces are around the ponds Ponds Course10 geeseDroppings: Moderate Good sized group around the furthest back pond, hazed with pearl, who decided she needed to jump into the pond. A couple of overnighting piles as well as feces from the last week | |||
| Tue, Mar 17, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 34 | Here's the total, for some reason it didn't take the first time |
Main Pond19 geeseDroppings: High All bedded down around the main pond, most overnighted here based on feces. Hazed off with pearl. Tree Pond7 geeseDroppings: Moderate Two at the tree pond, 5 at the adjacent pond. Looks like one pair may have overnighted. Hazed with pearl Ponds Course4 geeseDroppings: Moderate Two pairs sleeping by the furthest back pond, hazed with pearl. Looks like one pair may have overnighted Back Half4 geeseDroppings: Low Two pairs landed while we were on the pond half of the course, hazed with pearl. One pair relanded at the main pond before taking off | |||
| Tue, Mar 17, 2026 | Matt Booker | 20 | Probably 7 severity overall |
Main Pond10 geeseDroppings: High Looked like they were still getting settled upon our arrival, hazed to flight Wooded Ponds2 geeseDroppings: Moderate Pair pretty sticky on these Tree Pond8 geese Another group (I think), hazed to flight | |||
| Wed, Mar 18, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 40 | — |
Main Pond18 geeseDroppings: High Pretty big group all grazing around the main pond, hazed with pearl off leash. Multiple overnighting piles that are fresh from last night/this morning Wooded Ponds2 geeseDroppings: Low A pair standing out on the ice, hazed with pearl Back Half6 geeseDroppings: Low Three pairs in the far back of the course, hazed with pearl Ponds Course4 geeseDroppings: Moderate Two pairs grazing around the furthest back pond, hazed with pearl. Looks like at least one pair overnighted here Tree Pond10 geeseDroppings: Moderate Big group, as well as two sandhill cranes, grazing around the ponds, fled when the main pond group passed overhead. | |||
| Wed, Mar 18, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 32 | — |
Main Pond10 geeseDroppings: High All grazing around the pond, hazed with pearl off leash Wooded Ponds6 geeseDroppings: High On the more central pond, hazed with pearl Ponds Course12 geeseDroppings: Moderate All on the furthest back pond, hazed with pearl Wooded Ponds4 geese One pair per pond, hazed with pearl | |||
| Thu, Mar 19, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 25 | Still have geese everywhere but the number is coming down. They have some sort of mesopredator on property, two fresh gut piles and relatively fresh feces near the wooded ponds, my guess is coyote. There's also a section of fence along Bunker that got taken out by a tree, and it's open enough that a dog can get over it easily, gives better access to the very end of the course |
Ponds Course6 geeseDroppings: Moderate Three pairs around the furthest back pond Tree Pond10 geeseDroppings: Moderate 8 on the tree pond, 2 on the more central pond Tree Pond6 geeseDroppings: High All grazing near the practice course. Still some overnighting, but less than before Wooded Ponds3 geese On the closer of the two ponds | |||
| Thu, Mar 19, 2026 | Matt Booker | 8 | — |
Ponds Course8 geeseDroppings: Moderate 4 pairs between last pond and fence, hazed with good outrun from Spot Main Pond0 geeseDroppings: High | |||
| Fri, Mar 20, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 4 | — |
Central Course2 geeseDroppings: High Pair grazing near the small pond slightly west of the main one, hazed with spot. Feces from today is a 1 Ponds Course2 geeseDroppings: Moderate Pair grazing on the hill by Bunker, hazed with spot. Feces from today are a 1 | |||
| Fri, Mar 20, 2026 | Matt Booker | 2 | — |
Main Pond2 geese Pair on the W side of pond upon lasering, nothing else on course | |||
| Mon, Mar 23, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 23 | — |
Ponds Course17 geeseDroppings: Moderate Really big group grazing near the furthest back pond, hazed with an outrun from pearl. Looks like this area has been the hot spot this week, possible overnighting there (hard to tell age, most of the fresher poop is frozen) Main Pond6 geeseDroppings: High Three pairs around the pond, all hazed off with pearl. Most of the feces here are old, fresh from the last 24 hours is a 1-2 | |||
| Tue, Mar 24, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 19 | — |
Ponds Course8 geeseDroppings: High Four pairs resting around the furthest back pond, looks like most of them overnighted here. Hazed off with pearl Tree Pond7 geeseDroppings: Moderate Grazing between the two ponds, hazed with pearl Main Pond2 geeseDroppings: High Very sticky pair, hazed with pearl and paddleboard. They came back within 15 minutes twice before leaving. Looks like those two and a few others overnighted here Wooded Ponds2 geese Another super sticky pair on the closer of the two ponds, had to get the paddleboard to chase them off. They tried landing just a bit further away, hazed with pearl | |||
| Tue, Mar 24, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 2 | No other geese seen on a drive by, and not enough time to do another full walk through |
Main Pond2 geese Pair on the main pond, hazed off with pearl and the boat. | |||
| Wed, Mar 25, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 4 | — |
Central Course2 geeseDroppings: High Pair of geese on the puddle pond near the main pond. Hazed with spot off leash, but they're super sticky. I suspect these are the pair from last year that acted like they were going to nest all season and never did Tree Pond2 geeseDroppings: Moderate Pair grazing by the tree pond, hazed off with pearl | |||
| Wed, Mar 25, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 14 | Golfers are starting to come out of hibernation, so keep an eye out for them now when working the course. |
Main Pond8 geeseDroppings: High Four pairs grazing or sleeping (like heads tucked sleeping) around the main pond, hazed off with a few passes from pearl. Tree Pond6 geeseDroppings: Moderate Six all hanging out at a large puddle near the tree pond, hazed off with pearl | |||
| Thu, Mar 26, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 2 | — |
Central Course2 geese Two geese on the puddle pond near the main pond. Hazed with spot off leash, but they're super sticky. I suspect these are the pair from last year that acted like they were going to nest all season and never did | |||
| Thu, Mar 26, 2026 | Matt Booker | 19 | — |
Main Pond2 geese Closer to little overflow pond behind pump house, lasered off Central Course2 geese Under trees between holes roughly by the two wooded ponds, lasered off Ponds Course15 geese Broken into groups, 1 group of 3. A pair was on practice range and hopped this way multiple times before leaving fully. May be an undercount, group took off from way down at end as I got others off | |||
| Fri, Mar 27, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 2 | — |
Main Pond2 geeseDroppings: Low Pair still on the little overflow pond near the main pond, hazed off with pearl. Super sticky, took a few runs to finally get them to leave | |||
| Fri, Mar 27, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 4 | The "goose manager" stopped me as we were pulling out of the parking lot because two pairs had just landed |
Main Pond4 geese Two pairs landed by the pond, hazed with pearl. They hopped around the practice course a few times before leaving | |||
| Fri, Mar 27, 2026 | Matt Booker | 0 | Surprisingly, no geese heard upon lasering course |
| Mon, Mar 30, 2026 | Matt Booker | 6 | — |
Main Pond2 geeseDroppings: Moderate Hazed with minimal effort on lead Ponds Course4 geeseDroppings: Low One pair near W end of zone took off with no hazing, other pair at far end hazed with outrun | |||
| Mon, Mar 30, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 4 | — |
Ponds Course4 geeseDroppings: Moderate Two pairs grazing by the furthest back pond. Hazed off with spot | |||
| Tue, Mar 31, 2026 | Taylor Crews | 10 | — |
Ponds Course6 geeseDroppings: Moderate Three pairs grazing around the furthest back pond near bunker. Hazed them off with Pearl and the paddleboard (we entered over the downed fence). A lot of feces on the top of the hill, but it appears to be from the weekend or older. Feces from today is a 1-2. Looks like this group has just been hanging out around here, but it's only those 2-3 pairs Wooded Ponds2 geese Sticky pair hanging out not too far from the main pond. Hazed with pearl, they hopped a few times before leaving Main Pond2 geese Pair landed by the main pond while we were checking the wooded ponds. Possibly the pair hazed off the back course. They fled when they saw us walk up the hill | |||
Zone Map
Interactive map of Twin Beach Country Club service zones. Click a zone polygon for March 2026 activity details.
Twin Beach Country Club
Main Pond (hotspot)
Tree Pond
Back Half
Wooded Ponds
Clubhouse
Central Course
Ponds Course (hotspot)
Analysis & Recommendations
Assessment and recommendations based on this reporting period.
Twin Beach Country Club experienced a clear seasonal transition during March 2026. The first week (March 2-6) saw zero geese on every visit, with ponds still fully frozen and significant snow cover across the course. As conditions warmed through the second week, the first geese appeared on March 9 with 4 birds at the Main Pond. A dramatic escalation occurred mid-month: by March 16-18, large flocks of 34-40 geese were recorded across multiple zones, with overnighting behavior confirmed at the Main Pond, Tree Pond, and Ponds Course areas. This surge coincided with spring thaw and pond ice breakup.
The team responded with intensive hazing using dogs (Pearl and Spot), paddleboards, boats, and lasers. By the third and fourth weeks, geese counts began fluctuating between 2-23 per visit, suggesting the hazing pressure was preventing permanent establishment while migratory groups continued to test the property. The Ponds Course (furthest back pond near Bunker Ave) emerged as the most persistent hotspot, with 2-3 pairs consistently returning despite regular hazing. Several pairs were described as "super sticky," particularly around the Main Pond overflow area and the Wooded Ponds.
Notable observations include breeding sandhill cranes on property, evidence of a mesopredator (likely coyote) with fresh gut piles near the wooded ponds, a section of fence along Bunker knocked down by a tree (providing easier access for dog hazing), and golfers beginning to return to the course by late March. The technician also identified a pair suspected to be the same one from the previous season that displayed nesting behavior without actually nesting. No confirmed nests were found during March.
Recommendations
- Prioritize intensive hazing at the Ponds Course zone (furthest back pond near Bunker Ave) which has become the primary hotspot with consistent pairs overnighting and returning daily.
- Monitor the "super sticky" pair near the Main Pond overflow pond closely for nesting behavior as April begins, given the technician's suspicion they may be the same pair that showed nesting tendencies last season.
- Take advantage of the downed fence along Bunker Ave to improve access to the far end of the course for dog hazing, while assessing whether fence repair is needed for property security.
- Increase visit frequency to twice-daily as the season ramps up, given the high geese counts (34-40) seen mid-month and the onset of golf season requiring cleaner conditions.
- Begin nest searches in all zones, particularly around the Main Pond, Tree Pond, and Ponds Course areas where overnighting pairs have been documented throughout mid-to-late March.
- Coordinate visit timing to be aware of golfer presence now that the playing season has begun, ensuring hazing operations do not conflict with course activity.