"kathy" wrote in message
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I had good luck with a fake fish decoy and a kingfisher.
Unfortunately we haven't been able to find the cheap, orange
plastic goldfish first marketed as a 'heron scarer' (apparently
the heron was supposed to be scared when it grabbed it
and found it anchored to a rock). The kingfisher sure got
PO-ed about not being able to pull the decoy out of the
pond after six tries.
There are other fake fish out there but they are sold as
decorative items.
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Our Kingfisher got wise quickly after grabbing the rubber fake and went
after the real fish. Since I found the rubber fish on the lawn (still
tethered to a brick in the pond) he grabbed it twice or two birds were
involved. I guess some birds are dumber or more desperate than others. I
got my fakies down in Atlanta at a store that sold all kinds of weird
things. :-D I got a few koi and a few goldfish. Since the rubber fish
don't "move" and herons are not carrion eaters, they ignored them for the
most part and went for the live fish. I say give everything a try and if
fish are still being lost... then get a net.
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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