A great blue heron is after my koi! My pond has straight sides and ranges in
depth from 2 feet to 3 1/2 feet. He's been by pond but not in it so far and
I've chased him away. Any suggestions to keep this feathered pond raider
from eating my koi? Help fast please!!!

Heron tips:
- netting over the pond.
- put in an electric fido fence
- a motion activated sprinkler
- Migratory Bird Act forbids lethal methods,
heavy fines and jail time take away from pond time ;-)

good luck! :-)
k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html

"William Cottrell" wrote in message
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A great blue heron is after my koi! My pond has straight sides and ranges
in
depth from 2 feet to 3 1/2 feet. He's been by pond but not in it so far
and
I've chased him away. Any suggestions to keep this feathered pond raider
from eating my koi? Help fast please!!!

Some takes or posts in the grownd around the pond but angled in over the
surface of the water & then run wire/string around them to form a fence that
overhangs the water. Don't give him anywhere to land that allows him to then
walk into the pond or stand beside the edge of it.

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:49:04 -0700, "William Cottrell"
wrote:

A great blue heron is after my koi! My pond has straight sides and ranges in
depth from 2 feet to 3 1/2 feet. He's been by pond but not in it so far and
I've chased him away. Any suggestions to keep this feathered pond raider
from eating my koi? Help fast please!!!

Rubber alligator...biggest you can find. Adds to the pond's charm. :-)

Bob

I seen sulution how to stop the heron taking anything
from the pond . you simply put up some small sensor that start
a sprinkler system to sprayer warter over the pond evry time
the heron get near the pond , only thing if you want to get
near the pond yourself, rember to take of power of the sensor
..
you can se how it works on

http://www.elspaden.dk/Files/Motion%205.avi
http://www.elspaden.dk/Files/Motion%20232.avi
http://www.elspaden.dk/Files/Motion%204.avi

the link will open your windows mediaplayer

I found the movies on http://www.elspaden.dk/havedam.htm and I
am sure it will keep the heron away from your pond.
Birgitte

After losing nine of my largest fish (about a foot long ) to a heron I
took a motion detector like you use for your outside lights and
connected it to a fire alarm strobe light and put the motion detector on
the "test" mode so it would work during the day time. It has been three
months and no more fish have been taken. You must use a small 24 volt
transformer with this set up and a rectifier that costs under two
dollars.
=A0=A0=A0=A0The flash of that strobe is more than they can stand but it
is not somthing that will hurt or kill them.
Steve