NAHANT – SEvery year when the weather gets warm, town residents can expect unwanted visitors leaving messes at the beach, the golf course and the soccer fields.It?s not the summer tourists the selectmen are concerned about, but the Canada geese and their droppings. Vice Chairman Rich Lombard said the droppings were not only a health hazard and a nuisance, but could cost Kelley Greens owner Mike O?Callaghan golf-playing patrons, which could indirectly cost the town.?There are thousands of geese,” said Lombard. “You go down to play golf and it?s awful.”Lombard suggested the town hire a company to bring dogs to the golf course along with the recorded sound of a gun blast to scare the geese away every two to four weeks, as he had heard of other local golf courses in Marblehead and Salem doing. Lombard said he sent an email to said company.Lombard said some other golf courses use a high-pitched noise to keep geese away, but he thought it may be too expensive for the town.Chairman Michael Manning thought some residents would be just as deterred by the artificial gun blast as the geese would. “We could suspend the leash law,” Manning suggested. “Better we have dog droppings than geese droppings.”Lombard responded that the gun blast recording could be used as a last resort.Manning joked that the town could possibly welcome back “a coyote or two” to scare the geese away.Secretary Perry Barrasso also suggested a canine solution, adding that some local courses allow a collie to run around and deter the geese.Manning said though he wouldn?t object to dogs being used, he reminded the other selectmen that state law prohibited the harassment of wildlife, which he thought may include the geese.The selectmen made a motion to pass the issue on to Town Administrator Andy Bisignani to consult with Department of Public Works Superintendent Tim Lowe, the police chief, the animal control officer and the town Golf Committee.Kait Taylor can be reached at [email protected].