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Great Blue Heron - How Big of Fish Will They Eat?
"San Diego Joe" wrote in message ... That is basically what I did. I had bird netting over my pond, but damn, it is just ugly. I took copper wire and strung it around the perimeter of my pond and various angles and elevations. So far so good. The copper patinas and almost disappears. The only question I had, and I still don't have an answer, is will a heron land directly into the water, or do they always walk in from shore. ============================================ Yes if they can see a pot or rock. The GBHs here will actually land, rather clumsily, on the edge of the tubs and fish from there. They will step over any wire they can see. It doesn't discourage them. It could trip up myself and my husband. I just broke an ankle this past July tripping over a small rock I didn't see due to a hosta leaf. Also, wire does nothing to stop Kingfishers, small herons, snakes and bullfrogs. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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