Birds ruin the gardens (7)

I believe the answer is:

ganders

'birds' is the definition.
(gander is a kind of bird)

'ruin the gardens' is the wordplay.
'ruin' indicates an anagram.
'gardens' is an anagram of 'GANDERS'.

(Other definitions for ganders that I've seen before include "Geese seen in gardens" , "Male geese" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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