Many species of birds and other animals call the connecting park areas in Perkasie and Sellersville their homes. Many migrating birds use the waters for feeding. Recently many birds have started to winter-over in these waters. Other animals include many squirrels, rabbits, turtles, frogs, and an occasional snake.

This is a picture of some domestic geese.		This is a picture of a female mallard duck.
This is a picture of some female and male mallards swimming.		This is a picture a a squirrel climbing a tree while eating some nuts.
This is a picture of some berries.		These are some geese eating and walking.
Young duckling in Lake Lenape.		One of many geese in the waterways of Lake Lenape.
This is a picture of a red tailed hawk hunting its' prey for dinner.		This is a picture of a red tailed hawk soaring in the sky.

WATERFOWL PROBLEM

Park areas of Perkasie had and still have a problem with waterfowl - primarily the geese. These geese are a problem for Lake Lenape because they leave droppings all over the ground. The droppings are moved to the water with rainfall. Excessive amounts of droppings causes the water to become contaminated. Many proposals have been made regarding ways to reduce the amount of waterfowl using the park areas.

Some individuals want to have a ban on feeding the waterfowl; this would discourage the geese from wintering-over instead of migrating. Other people are outraged that anyone would ban them from feeding these birds. A program to oil the eggs in the nests (and limit the number of birds born) was recently begun in Perkasie. This activity has also had criticism. There may not be an easy answer to this problem, but it is clear that the contaminates must be controlled to help preserve other wildlife in the water and recreational areas.

Natural enemies of the geese are swans. An area resident purchased several swans to chase away the geese; all these swans disappeared. During the 1999-2000 school year students at South Middle School raised funds to purchase two swans to again help with this problem.

Area residents feeding the waterfowl from their car in Lake Lenape.		It is hoped that two new swans, The Duke and Duchess of Perkasie will assist with the geese problem.