Anyone have experience with friggin' heron's?

http://community.webshots.com/user/tapetrade

This is the smallest of the 2 that have visited in the last couple of
days. The larger one I swear is the size of a 10-year old kid. For
reference the filter is 3' tall.

The only ideas I have for it's origin (being Phoenix) would be lake
pleasant, the desert botanical gardens, or the migratory bird
sanctuary (most probable).

The little windmill deals didn't scare'em , and you can see in the
first couple pics that he/she is just stepping around the fishing line
I setup. Anyone have any ideas about what to do?

Thx

Looks like a heron to me!

Heron tips:
- put in an electric fido fence
- netting over the pond.
- a motion activated sprinkler
- a brick flue at the bottom of the pond
to give the fish a place to hide
- Migratory Bird Act forbids lethal methods,
heavy fines and jail time take away from pond time ;-)

good luck!


k30a

On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 03:45:04 GMT, DesertPond tapetrade@[No
Spam]cox.net wrote:

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I thought that those of you with herons lived out in the country. NOT!

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DesertPond wrote:
Anyone have experience with friggin' heron's?

http://community.webshots.com/user/tapetrade

This is the smallest of the 2 that have visited in the last couple of
days. The larger one I swear is the size of a 10-year old kid. For
reference the filter is 3' tall.

The only ideas I have for it's origin (being Phoenix) would be lake
pleasant, the desert botanical gardens, or the migratory bird
sanctuary (most probable).

The little windmill deals didn't scare'em , and you can see in the
first couple pics that he/she is just stepping around the fishing line
I setup. Anyone have any ideas about what to do?

Thx

I had a great blue visiting my pond quite often last year.
The only thing that stopped the heron from getting fish was
putting up netting. The heron still tried to get the fish
but were not able through the net.

--
Bonnie
NJ

Thanks for the responses everyone. :-)

I think I'll try out the netting idea, beautiful bird but I like my
fish alot more.

By the way has anyone tried that gator guard thing?


On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:35:08 GMT, Bonnie Espenshade
wrote:

DesertPond wrote:
Anyone have experience with friggin' heron's?

http://community.webshots.com/user/tapetrade

This is the smallest of the 2 that have visited in the last couple of
days. The larger one I swear is the size of a 10-year old kid. For
reference the filter is 3' tall.

The only ideas I have for it's origin (being Phoenix) would be lake
pleasant, the desert botanical gardens, or the migratory bird
sanctuary (most probable).

The little windmill deals didn't scare'em , and you can see in the
first couple pics that he/she is just stepping around the fishing line
I setup. Anyone have any ideas about what to do?

Thx

I had a great blue visiting my pond quite often last year.
The only thing that stopped the heron from getting fish was
putting up netting. The heron still tried to get the fish
but were not able through the net.

We got a visit from the Great Blue Heron this year for the first time ever.
Taller than me! He got the two biggest fish; the survivors are very fearful
now. But, if they can survive the snake in the summertime, they can probably
survive the bird in the winter!

Shirley

DesertPond tapetrade@[No Spam]cox.net wrote:
Thanks for the responses everyone. :-)

I think I'll try out the netting idea, beautiful bird but I like my
fish alot more.

By the way has anyone tried that gator guard thing?


On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:35:08 GMT, Bonnie Espenshade
wrote:

DesertPond wrote:
Anyone have experience with friggin' heron's?

http://community.webshots.com/user/tapetrade

This is the smallest of the 2 that have visited in the last couple of
days. The larger one I swear is the size of a 10-year old kid. For
reference the filter is 3' tall.

The only ideas I have for it's origin (being Phoenix) would be lake
pleasant, the desert botanical gardens, or the migratory bird
sanctuary (most probable).

The little windmill deals didn't scare'em , and you can see in the
first couple pics that he/she is just stepping around the fishing line
I setup. Anyone have any ideas about what to do?

Thx

I had a great blue visiting my pond quite often last year.
The only thing that stopped the heron from getting fish was
putting up netting. The heron still tried to get the fish
but were not able through the net.

Save your fish, when no ones looking shoot it. lol just kidding


http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND

Save your fish, when no ones looking shoot it. lol just kidding


I agree....NOT kidding Jerri

http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond

Dude or Dudeth,
I have great respect for your nerves. I am telling you right now, there is
absolutely NO freaking way I will be taking a picture of a Heron hanging out
at my pond looking at thousands of dollars worth of fish as a dinner menu.

Hell NO! There would have been flailing of arms, screaming like a kid with
pepper in his eyes, throwing every darn thing in sight, and kicking my
dogs's ass for not attacking the go--amn Heron! And yes willing to go to
jail and be bubba's girlfriend if I have to. But there is hell no way a
Heron will be "chilling" at my pond!

--
_______________________________________
"Architecture is the ultimate erotic 'object'."
Bernard Tschumi, "Architecture & Transgression"

http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino
"DesertPond" tapetrade@[No Spam]cox.net wrote in message
...
Anyone have experience with friggin' heron's?

http://community.webshots.com/user/tapetrade

This is the smallest of the 2 that have visited in the last couple of
days. The larger one I swear is the size of a 10-year old kid. For
reference the filter is 3' tall.

The only ideas I have for it's origin (being Phoenix) would be lake
pleasant, the desert botanical gardens, or the migratory bird
sanctuary (most probable).

The little windmill deals didn't scare'em , and you can see in the
first couple pics that he/she is just stepping around the fishing line
I setup. Anyone have any ideas about what to do?

Thx

With raised walls like yours, netting over the pond is the best answer. It
sounds ugly but you lose sight of it soon enough and the Herons will soon
give up.
Jim and Sara Humphries, Victoria, BC
"DesertPond" tapetrade@[No Spam]cox.net wrote in message
...
Anyone have experience with friggin' heron's?

http://community.webshots.com/user/tapetrade

This is the smallest of the 2 that have visited in the last couple of
days. The larger one I swear is the size of a 10-year old kid. For
reference the filter is 3' tall.

The only ideas I have for it's origin (being Phoenix) would be lake
pleasant, the desert botanical gardens, or the migratory bird
sanctuary (most probable).

The little windmill deals didn't scare'em , and you can see in the
first couple pics that he/she is just stepping around the fishing line
I setup. Anyone have any ideas about what to do?

Thx