I've got a tiny 8x12ish pond/puddle about 20 feet from my house.

Things are coming along quite well in Pug Pond [in great part thanks
to the folks who share their knowledge on this group & a couple other
forums]

The 2 Green Frogs seem at home. [though they haven't made a sound]
I've named them Jerry (Brown) and Jo (Green).

We have about a thousand Toad-poles that are just starting to grow
legs. . . and I suspect there are some frog cousins in there as there
is a batch of tiny tadpole that I just started seeing a couple days
ago.

Our [dozen or so] Rosy Reds have been busy lying eggs on the bottoms
of the lily pads- and apparently hatched some someplace as we now have
a couple Reds that are smaller than any we introduced a few months
ago.

Yesterday, while sitting here at the computer, I saw a splash out of
the corner of my eye, and looked up just in time to see a Kingfisher
leave the pond with a Rosy Red in his beak.

I was torn between 2 reactions--
1. 'That's one of the coolest things I've ever seen'
and
2. Hey you sumbitch- get out of my pond!!!

My wife is less ambivalent. She wants revenge.g

So I'm looking at ways to prevent or at least discourage his return.
we're 1/4 mile from the Mohawk River so I imagine he was just passing
through--- but there will probably be others.

Netting seems to be the most sure-fire way, but I haven't figured out
how to add it without losing lots of ambiance.

I really only need to protect an area about 8 feet square. the other
end of the pond is a 'Pug wading area'. I haven't seen the fish on
that end.

Has anyone been successful in discouraging Kingfishers?
What I've found while googling is all about blocking their path so
they can't dive-bomb. Any photos of attractive 'aerial interference'
setups?

I've sort of pictured putting up corner posts and draping some netting
or some such. If the structure was attractive and sturdy enough to
hold the leaf net in the fall, all the better.

We're working on a natural look with river rock and lots of plants--
but it is still a work in progress.

Thanks,
Jim
[for a few more 'thousand words'-
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...ife/group1.jpg
The Pugs who enjoy Pug Pond
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...ssJune2009.jpg
Progress so far- a couple more years?. . . .
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...fe/deepend.jpg
The end where the fish hang out ]