Visited by A GBH Today
Saw a Great Blue Heron fly off from beside my pond today when I drove up.
I've got leaf netting over the pond so I'm not worried about the fish, yet. I usually take it off after all the leaves have fallen but may want to rethink that this year. |
Visited by A GBH Today
On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:54:22 EST, "JB" wrote:
Saw a Great Blue Heron fly off from beside my pond today when I drove up. I've got leaf netting over the pond so I'm not worried about the fish, yet. I usually take it off after all the leaves have fallen but may want to rethink that this year. I agree with leaving it. I use to take my screens off. Thankfully the herons didn't discover that.... what I found was no matter how clean I got my yard of leaves (and I would shop vac it) the wind would bring in the neighbors' leaves. Thus leaving the screens on has given me peace of mine, nothing can blow in, I don't have shop vac the yard, and nothing can get to my fish. Granted it isn't the pretty picture in winter, but after the 2nd-3rd year.... don't care. And now days, I'm so busy if I have a chance to make sure the water level is up I'm doing good. ;-) ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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"JB" wrote in message m... Saw a Great Blue Heron fly off from beside my pond today when I drove u p. I've got leaf netting over the pond so I'm not worried about the fish, yet. I usually take it off after all the leaves have fallen but may wan t to rethink that this year. ========================== We had one last winter that completely cleaned out the 150g in ground pon d. This spring we removed this small pond and filled in the hole. We gave a way all the fish in the in ground 800g pond and removed the net. GBHs ignore ponds with no fish. Now I'm trying to find a home for all the koi in the 2000g pond and three 720g above ground tanks behind the house. It's too much work for us at our age and the cost of hiring pond Caretakers more t han we want to spend. I'll leave the two ponds out front for the frogs and turtles and sell or put away the liners and tubs out back. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
I'm in the UK and don't know about GBH's, but last week a grey heron flew down to my pond, jumped in, grabbed a frog, jumped out, half ate it and then flew off. We don't have any fish so it must have had very keen eyesight to spot the frog hiding in the marginal plants.
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Janet Conroy wrote:
I'm in the UK and don't know about GBH's, but last week a grey heron flew down to my pond, Really? I spent 3 months outside Brussels a few years back and watched Herons from the hotel, daily, and I could have sworn they were Great Blue Herons. Whatever they were, I'd be amazed if they don't have them in the UK, and if those were Great Blues, they're so similar to ours that anything we'd say about Great Blues would go for them too. -- derek |
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Derek Broughton wrote:
Janet Conroy wrote: I'm in the UK and don't know about GBH's, but last week a grey heron flew down to my pond, Really? I spent 3 months outside Brussels a few years back and watched Herons from the hotel, daily, and I could have sworn they were Great Blue Herons. Whatever they were, I'd be amazed if they don't have them in the UK, and if those were Great Blues, they're so similar to Sorry - that should have been "if those _weren't_ Great Blues..." ours that anything we'd say about Great Blues would go for them too. -- derek |
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Derek Broughton wrote:
Derek Broughton wrote: Janet Conroy wrote: [ . . . ] Predatory birds are incredibly intelligent. My pond had been ravaged by a GBH many years ago. I gave away my Koi several years ago and drained the pond. To this day, a GBH occasionally lands on my garage, cocks his head and checks out my former pond before flying off! -- Nick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families! I support them at https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Thank a Veteran and Support Our Troops. You are not forgotten. Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~ |
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heirs of the velociraptors..... they is the dinosaurs that walk/fly among us!!!!!!!
On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:15:17 EST, Nick Cramer wrote: Predatory birds are incredibly intelligent. My pond had been ravaged by a GBH many years ago. I gave away my Koi several years ago and drained the pond. To this day, a GBH occasionally lands on my garage, cocks his head and checks out my former pond before flying off! |
Just checked on Google and it was definitely a Grey Heron. The first ever Great Blue Heron was sighted in the UK (on the Scilly Isles) only last Dec. GBH's seem to be mainly confined to the Americas and the Carribean. Whatever, greys are big buggers. I also have a lurking sparrowhawk in the back garden.
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Janet Conroy wrote:
Just checked on Google and it was definitely a Grey Heron. The first ever Great Blue Heron was sighted in the UK (on the Scilly Isles) only last Dec. GBH's seem to be mainly confined to the Americas and the Carribean. Whatever, greys are big buggers. Glad you cleared that up. I was trying to find my English bird book yesterday, and can't manage to locate it. I also have a lurking sparrowhawk (kestrel? :-)) in the back garden. I had a Marsh Hawk (Northern Harrier) on the weekend. I was sure they'd left here for the winter. -- derek |
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Janet Conroy wrote:
I also have a lurking sparrowhawk - (kestrel? :-)) Derek: no, definitely a sparrowhawk. It was a joke. There are many true "sparrowhawks", but on this side of the pond, the only thing called a sparrowhawk is actually not - the American Kestrel. -- derek |
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Yesterday morning had a GBH fly right over the house. My neighbor had
reported seeing one on my roof a month or 2 ago. Ponds were already screened for winter by then, not sure what he's finding in the neighborhood with things all snowed and/or iced over. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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GBH spotted again yesterday morning standing by my pond. To my knowledge, no
fish have yet been "harvested". Most of the smaller fish look to be huddled underneath one the several black plastic milk crates I use to support plants. The larger Koi are clustered in a "pod" at the deepest (4') end of the pond. I built my pond without shelves so as to deter visits by raccoons et al. Still, my have to revert to reinstalling my leaf netting if it gets to that. Happy, happy, joy, joy! JB "~ jan" wrote in message ... Yesterday morning had a GBH fly right over the house. My neighbor had reported seeing one on my roof a month or 2 ago. Ponds were already screened for winter by then, not sure what he's finding in the neighborhood with things all snowed and/or iced over. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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"JB" wrote in message m... GBH spotted again yesterday morning standing by my pond. To my knowledge, no fish have yet been "harvested". Most of the smaller fish look to be huddled underneath one the several black plastic milk crates I use to support plants. The larger Koi are clustered in a "pod" at the deepest (4') end of the pond. I built my pond without shelves so as to deter visits by raccoons et al. Still, my have to revert to reinstalling my leaf netting if it gets to that. Happy, happy, joy, joy! JB How do you train your fish to huddle under the crates ? Seems like it could be better protection system from the GBH than jans water pistol ! Regards Pete www.thecanalshop.com |
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This is becoming a daily happening! ;-( I happened to get a picture that I'd
like to share. Anyone have a recommendation on a photo sharing site where I can post my picture? TIA JB "JB" wrote in message m... Saw a Great Blue Heron fly off from beside my pond today when I drove up. I've got leaf netting over the pond so I'm not worried about the fish, yet. I usually take it off after all the leaves have fallen but may want to rethink that this year. |
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"JB" wrote:
This is becoming a daily happening! ;-( I happened to get a picture that I'd like to share. Anyone have a recommendation on a photo sharing site where I can post my picture? Post it on alt.binaries aquaria or use http://www.tinypic.info/ to link it here. -- Nick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families! I support them at https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Thank a Veteran and Support Our Troops. You are not forgotten. Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~ |
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Nick Cramer wrote:
"JB" wrote: This is becoming a daily happening! ;-( I happened to get a picture that I'd like to share. Anyone have a recommendation on a photo sharing site where I can post my picture? Post it on alt.binaries aquaria or use http://www.tinypic.info/ to link it here. Whoops. That should be alt.binaries.aquaria -- Nick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families! I support them at https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Thank a Veteran and Support Our Troops. You are not forgotten. Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~ |
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Thanks to Nick for his suggestion on posting a picture of the GBH that
visited my pond today. Here's the link. (Hope it works) --- http://www.tinypic.info/files/fv88rltjl23oh6mgagbd.jpg The pond is built into a slope, 20 feet long and 12 feet at it's widest point. 3,000 gallons. 4 feet at the deepest point. Using a Bio falls filter. JB "Nick Cramer" wrote in message ... "JB" wrote: This is becoming a daily happening! ;-( I happened to get a picture that I'd like to share. Anyone have a recommendation on a photo sharing site where I can post my picture? Post it on alt.binaries aquaria or use http://www.tinypic.info/ to link it here. -- Nick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families! I support them at https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Thank a Veteran and Support Our Troops. You are not forgotten. Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~ |
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JB wrote: Thanks to Nick for his suggestion on posting a picture of the GBH that visited my pond today. Here's the link. (Hope it works) --- http://www.tinypic.info/files/fv88rltjl23oh6mgagbd.jpg The pond is built into a slope, 20 feet long and 12 feet at it's widest point. 3,000 gallons. 4 feet at the deepest point. Using a Bio falls filter. Great pic. Thanks for sharing :) -- Pete C London UK |
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:31:10 EST, "JB" wrote:
Thanks to Nick for his suggestion on posting a picture of the GBH that visited my pond today. Here's the link. (Hope it works) --- http://www.tinypic.info/files/fv88rltjl23oh6mgagbd.jpg The pond is built into a slope, 20 feet long and 12 feet at it's widest point. 3,000 gallons. 4 feet at the deepest point. Using a Bio falls filter. JB Great shot JB, do you have a summer picture you can put up? ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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"JB" wrote:
Thanks to Nick for his suggestion on posting a picture of the GBH that visited my pond today. Here's the link. (Hope it works) --- http://www.tinypic.info/files/fv88rltjl23oh6mgagbd.jpg The pond is built into a slope, 20 feet long and 12 feet at it's widest point. 3,000 gallons. 4 feet at the deepest point. Using a Bio falls filter. The pond looks great, JB. Nice job and pic. Those @#$%^&* GBH's sure are pretty, damnit! Tinypic is neat, eh? The next time you use it, maybe you could make the pic smaller first. Some of us (me, anyhow) are still on dialup. ;-D Happy New Year to all ! ! ! -- Nick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families! I support them at https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Thank a Veteran and Support Our Troops. You are not forgotten. Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~ |
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Here's a shot taken in June from a similar angle (bedroom window) (Nick, the
2nd link is to a thumbnail picture but it is awfully small. I need to research doing this some more. Sorry, I'm on dial up as well.) That's mint in the filterfalls and cannas planted behind. Pickerel, variegated grasses, etc. Limited direct sunlight so I have to only grow lilies needing partial sun - Cherokee, Texas Dawn, Virginalis. On a good day we'll have between 8 - 10 blooms out. Not had any luck with red ones (James Bryant sp?) or lotus but I attribute this more to my koi being less tolerate to me introducing new plants. I'd posted earlier last year about being visited by a water moccasin. Thanks for the interest. JB http://www.tinypic.info/files/77xipnu171wa1i57cvma.jpg http://www.tinypic.info/files/77xipn...cvma_thumb.jpg "~ jan" wrote in message ... On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:31:10 EST, "JB" wrote: Thanks to Nick for his suggestion on posting a picture of the GBH that visited my pond today. Here's the link. (Hope it works) --- http://www.tinypic.info/files/fv88rltjl23oh6mgagbd.jpg The pond is built into a slope, 20 feet long and 12 feet at it's widest point. 3,000 gallons. 4 feet at the deepest point. Using a Bio falls filter. JB Great shot JB, do you have a summer picture you can put up? ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 11:45:51 EST, "JB" wrote:
Here's a shot taken in June from a similar angle (bedroom window) JB http://www.tinypic.info/files/77xipnu171wa1i57cvma.jpg WOW! What a difference between summer & winter. Beautiful! The winter picture looks like it is just bare ground around it. Thanks so much for putting that up. We woke this morning to about 2" of wet snow. It was in the mid 40's late last night, so I was a bit surprise to see it. So glad I did a water change and got a glimpse of the fish yesterday. The screens are all covered again and thus insulated. Water temp 40F. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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Thanks jan.
My wife breeds day lilies in the two terraced beds shown at the bottom & right of the picture. At their peak, there are hundreds in bloom. BTW - we live in central Arkansas. JB "~ jan" wrote in message ... On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 11:45:51 EST, "JB" wrote: Here's a shot taken in June from a similar angle (bedroom window) JB http://www.tinypic.info/files/77xipnu171wa1i57cvma.jpg WOW! What a difference between summer & winter. Beautiful! The winter picture looks like it is just bare ground around it. Thanks so much for putting that up. We woke this morning to about 2" of wet snow. It was in the mid 40's late last night, so I was a bit surprise to see it. So glad I did a water change and got a glimpse of the fish yesterday. The screens are all covered again and thus insulated. Water temp 40F. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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Home today because of inclement weather. Had another visit by the GBH. I
could swear I'm counting fewer fish in the pond but not sure if that's for real or they're just doing a good job hiding out. At least I can account for my largest fish. No longer am I watching quietly while the GBH skulks over to the pond's edge after landing. Instead, I'm flying out the door whooping and clapping. sigh "JB" wrote in message m... Saw a Great Blue Heron fly off from beside my pond today when I drove up. I've got leaf netting over the pond so I'm not worried about the fish, yet. I usually take it off after all the leaves have fallen but may want to rethink that this year. |
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JB wrote:
No longer am I watching quietly while the GBH skulks over to the pond's edge after landing. Instead, I'm flying out the door whooping and clapping. Video on Youtube? Chip |
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Video of me whooping and clapping? Nope but I did post an earlier pic of the
GBH at http://www.tinypic.info/files/fv88rltjl23oh6mgagbd.jpg Showed up again today BTW. I'm screwed. (Pardon my language.) -- "Chip" wrote in message ... JB wrote: No longer am I watching quietly while the GBH skulks over to the pond's edge after landing. Instead, I'm flying out the door whooping and clapping. Video on Youtube? Chip |
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:34:39 EST, "JB" wrote:
Video of me whooping and clapping? Nope but I did post an earlier pic of the GBH at http://www.tinypic.info/files/fv88rltjl23oh6mgagbd.jpg Showed up again today BTW. I'm screwed. (Pardon my language.) I kind of like the Utube approach. ;-) As long as you haven't just left the shower. Course the later would get more hits. ;-) Seems several nights in a row of running them off has scared off the raccoons. Haven't seen or heard them lately and the seeds haven't been any less in the AM. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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