On 11/4/2016 10:42 AM, songbird wrote:
George Shirley wrote:
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The retention pond for our subdivision, required by Texas law, is about
100 feet behind our house, reckon that's where the skeeters come from.
We do have martins and various other birds feeding on them plus the
night shift is bull bat birds, real bats, and something I see flying but
can't identify, may be another type of bat.

is it constantly wet that fish can survive?

if so look into stocking it with mosquito
eaters (surface feeding fish). the HOA should
have taken care of this IMO, but perhaps dropped
the ball.

not sure what native species you have down
there that might work.


songbird

It always has a little water in it, people wash their cars, water their
lawn, etc. and let the water run into the drainage system to the pond. I
see lots of small fish, turtles of all sizes and the occasional snake.
Lots of birds like the pond as it is probably their only source of water
within five miles. Most of the natural creeks here have been dug out to
speed water away from the area and to avoid flooding.

Miz Anne's vocation is walking the detention pond area every afternoon
with Tilly Dawg. She also picks up all the balls of all kinds that the
kids lose down the drains, a rain comes by and the balls float on down
to a dip in the run off drainage. She has saved about twenty balls of
various types from there. Last community garage sale she washed the
balls and I used the compressor to put them all round again. She sold
them for anywhere from 5 cents to one buck, and sold all of them.

I haven't tried fishing in that hole because I think the fish might glow
in the dark with all the crap the community throws down drains or tosses
in the pond. You can't stop idiots from being idiots and most of these
folks are from at least fifteen states and, for sure, nine different
countries other than the US. I did the census two years ago here and
lots of our neighbors don't even speak English or, maybe, they just
don't want to speak English. I'm amazed at the single women with
children that live here. I guess it is because the housing here started
at about $100,000 in 2006 and now most are at the $200,000 level. We
paid $147,000 for this house and a realtor advised me that it was now
worth around $190,000 with the changes we have made to the home. I would
rather live out in the boonies but the boss lady wants to be close to
the grands and great grands.