If you find waterfowl descending upon your property twice a year, you are not alone. There are thousands of multifamily properties just like you that are unfortunate enough to rest along waterfowl flyways. You are not alone. We are here to help. Unless you’re a hunter, you probably didn’t notice the release of the 2015 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey. What you will want to know—and would probably figure out sooner than later—is that waterfowl are about to take over your world. The survey revealed that the estimated duck population in the US is 49.5 million. That’s 43 percent above the long-term average. For multifamily properties within the waterfowl migration path, that means that you will have an increase in residents between now and November. They will not give you rent money. Instead, they will block traffic each day with their adorable duck parades. They will ruin your residents’ picnics, chasing them for even the tiniest morsel of bread. (Those are likely spoiled harbor birds from New England. They can’t help themselves.) They will leave so much poop throughout your property that you will pray for more dogs. Each morning they will quack, quack, quack until you pull your hair out from the roots. What’s worse, residents and their kids may try to befriend the waterfowl. They may even try to pet them and swim with them. This can lead to the transfer of nasty parasites. You don’t have to be a victim of the pending waterfowl invasion. Take these measures to make their stay more bearable and maybe keep them from visiting altogether. Don’t feed the ducks or geese. As you may notice, pampered, entitled geese are the most insufferable geese. Secondly, human food is terribly unhealthy for waterfowl. Bread and crackers...