Terms of Service
Last updated November 10, 2026
These terms cover your use of the Porch Goose Registry (“the Registry,” “we”). By using it, you agree to them. Please also read our Privacy notice.
Who can use the Registry
Anyone can browse the map. To file geese or log outfit changes you need an account, and you must be at least 13 years old.
Your account
You sign in with Google. Keep your account secure, and don’t pretend to be someone else. You’re responsible for what is filed from your account.
Filing rules
Everything you post must follow these rules:
- Take photos from the public sidewalk or street. Never step onto someone’s property.
- Real porch geese only. Lawn geese count; live geese do not.
- Keep people out of your photos, especially children.
- Keep house numbers, street signs and license plates out of frame wherever you can.
- Only post photos you took, or have permission to share.
- No harassment of homeowners or other filers, and nothing hateful, obscene or illegal.
- No spam, fake filings, or automated honking.
Your photos and filings
You keep ownership of what you post. You give the Registry a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, display, resize and share it as part of the Registry, including on goose records, share images and the Registry’s own promotion. This license ends when you delete the content, except for copies kept briefly in backups.
Moderation and take-downs
We review reports and may hide or remove any content, or suspend accounts, that break these terms or that we judge harmful. Homeowners can ask us to take a goose off the map at any time, with or without a reason, using “Is this your porch? Ask us to take it down.” on its record.
Honks, ranks and leaderboards
These are for fun. There are no prizes, and we may adjust counts, ranks or leaderboards to deal with spam or mistakes.
Field Office applications
Applying doesn’t guarantee that a Field Office will open in your city.
Visiting geese in person
Stay on public property, be polite, and respect people’s homes. The Registry isn’t responsible for what you do when you go goose-spotting.
Our name and marks
The Porch Goose Registry name, logos, the Registrar and other Registry artwork belong to us. Don’t use them in a way that suggests we endorse you.
No guarantees
The Registry is provided “as is.” Pins, outfits and other details come from the community and may be wrong or out of date. To the extent the law allows, we aren’t liable for indirect or incidental damages arising from your use of the Registry.
Changes and ending
We may update these terms. If we make significant changes we’ll post a notice in the app, and continuing to use the Registry means you accept them. You can stop using the Registry at any time, and we may suspend access for anyone who breaks these terms.