In a bid to get rid of the growing number of Canada geese in the city park and the nuisance caused by the birds' droppings, officials in Monterey, California have launched an annual campaign which will call on residents to coat the eggs with vegetable oil, suffocating the embryo inside.

The campaign is a part of the 5-year-old federal order aimed at ending the nesting which causes damage and contaminates the parks and private land.

According to the officials, the messy water-birds have become a major nuisance in city parks, golf course lakes and other areas throughout Monterey County.

"They don't seem to be going back to Canada too much," city park superintendent Doug Stafford told The Monterey County Herald adding that the city's previous efforts to employ a dog to scare away the birds cost $6,000 a year.

Using corn oil to destroy nests is much cheaper, he said. A goose can lay about six eggs in a nest.