On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:37:47 GMT, Anne Jackson
wrote:

The message from Steve Wolstenholme
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On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:37:29 +0000, Sally Thompson
wrote:

Sacha, I have never tried it but some friends once swore by positioning an
artificial heron at the edge of the pond. The theory is that they
don't take
to a rival and will stay away. You can get some very life-like ones :-)

I don't know what it is that make an artificial heron life-like to a
real heron. It's not just the appearance. Some very good looking
artificial herons get ignored by real herons and others work quite
well.

I remember, a couple of years ago, someone reporting (was it here, or
'elsewhere'?) a male heron attempting to mate with the artificial heron
by the side of their pool...

Some humans have been know to try and mate with plastic counterparts,
not always of the same species! Usually Conservatives, or pro hunt
nuts though!


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