iN PHOTOS: Silly Canada goose shenanigans in Kamloops, Okanagan

Like them or not, Canada geese are everywhere in Kamloops and the Okanagan, and many of them stick around all year instead of migrating south.

Every spring, the birds can be spotted finding nesting sights and preparing to breed, sometimes even taking over osprey nests on platforms installed by BC Hydro.

The geese mate for life and will return to the same nesting location every year, according to Birdfact. They usually lay eggs between March and June. The birds are territorial during the breeding season and if encroached upon will hiss, honk and wave their heads back and forth at humans and other birds.

Canada geese have taken over parks and beaches in Kamloops and the Okanagan and are a point of controversy due to the massive amounts of poop they drop and damage they do to agricultural properties and grasslands. Efforts have been made by Okanagan Valley Goose Management Committee who addles – or shakes-  the eggs or coats them with biodegradable corn oil to kill them, yet populations continue to increase.

The geese were introduced in the 1960s and 1970s from other parts of Canada as part of controlled introduction programs after unregulated hunting drove the geese to the brink of extinction. There are now millions of them in the country and in warm areas like the Thompson-Okanagan region the birds stay year-round instead of migrating south.

It gives ample opportunity to observe the birds and photograph them up to shenanigans.