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I first spotted a newt in our water feature. It was a tiny tub with a small fountain that we decided to get rid of as i havent liked it since we moved in and it was always green and smelly! When we started clearing out the water I found the newt but was sure that the markings were different. I was right as we kept uncovering more and more newts 7 in total! 2 were slightly smaller so im guessing they were the offspring. Not sure what they ate, there was no fish or anything else in the water feature. We had hundreds of tadpoles in the tub which slowly disappeared, so maybe they have a taste for them? Once we had cleared the tub I moved the newts to the pond. They immediately disappeared to the bottom of the pond and werent seen a few days later but not since. I have large kois so not sure if they have taken a liking to newt or not! However saying that we replaced the decking at the top of the garden a few months ago and when ripping it we spotted a couple of newts,scaring the life out of my partner! Not alot of help im sorry! Cheryl "Ka30P" wrote in message ... Cheryl wrote I live in England and this year we had a total of 7 newts in the pond! Can you tell me a bit about them, what you observed, did they breed, did you notice what they ate, etc. thanks! kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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Oregon, USDA Zone 7
No newts or salamanders in pond. Some under pond filter in nearby shed, and in and around wood piles or rotten floor boards in shed. No native frogs or toads in or around pond :-( Had a bullfrog male and two females one year, but they slowly dwindled away, which is fine by me. Numerous garter snakes, some that like to swim along edges of pond now and then. West Nile Virus has now been confirmed in our neighborhood (dead birds). I hope that as our crow and blue jay populations thin, the frog and toad populations will increase. Maybe some of the native bird populations will also increase. -- zookeeper Oregon, USDA Zone 7 3500gal pond, 13 pond piggies "Ka30P" wrote in message ... So a quick survey of current rec.ponders. How many of you have found newts or salamanders showing up in your pond? |
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Oregon, USDA Zone 7
No newts or salamanders in pond. Some under pond filter in nearby shed, and in and around wood piles or rotten floor boards in shed. No native frogs or toads in or around pond :-( Had a bullfrog male and two females one year, but they slowly dwindled away, which is fine by me. Numerous garter snakes, some that like to swim along edges of pond now and then. West Nile Virus has now been confirmed in our neighborhood (dead birds). I hope that as our crow and blue jay populations thin, the frog and toad populations will increase. Maybe some of the native bird populations will also increase. -- zookeeper Oregon, USDA Zone 7 3500gal pond, 13 pond piggies "Ka30P" wrote in message ... So a quick survey of current rec.ponders. How many of you have found newts or salamanders showing up in your pond? |
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zookeeper wrote West Nile Virus has now been confirmed in our neighborhood
(dead birds). Wow! You are in Portland aren't you? kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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zookeeper wrote West Nile Virus has now been confirmed in our neighborhood
(dead birds). Wow! You are in Portland aren't you? kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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"Ka30P" wrote in message
... zookeeper wrote West Nile Virus has now been confirmed in our neighborhood (dead birds). Wow! You are in Portland aren't you? Actually in Eugene. And the two dead birds were found less than a mile from where we live. Although I'm not surprised that WNV is here now -- less than a mile from Willamette and McKenzie Rivers, and lots of sloughs and gravel pit lakes full of mosquitos. Our area is near a freeway and major shopping center, but also bordered by some wilderness like areas with deer, raccoon, possum, beaver, nutria, fowl, etc., as well as a huge colony of crows just a block away. -- Zk |
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"Ka30P" wrote in message
... zookeeper wrote West Nile Virus has now been confirmed in our neighborhood (dead birds). Wow! You are in Portland aren't you? Actually in Eugene. And the two dead birds were found less than a mile from where we live. Although I'm not surprised that WNV is here now -- less than a mile from Willamette and McKenzie Rivers, and lots of sloughs and gravel pit lakes full of mosquitos. Our area is near a freeway and major shopping center, but also bordered by some wilderness like areas with deer, raccoon, possum, beaver, nutria, fowl, etc., as well as a huge colony of crows just a block away. -- Zk |
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