Heron in Ont eating pond Coy
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Thanks for the tip.
Thanks for all the replies fellas, she has a big heart and wouldn't want to hurt it. (She has more than a few rescue animals shes saved over the years. Dogs, cats, horses.)
She just wants to save the fish from becoming bird crap.
Could just buy cheaper fish.
My favorite Koi story. This is a major tourist attraction, by the way, with thousands of people around.https://globalnews.ca/video/4694321/river-otter-eating-koi-fish-at-chinese-garden-in-vancouver
Grizz
So she basically sets up a moveable feast, then complains because the heron drops by to take advantage of the free lunch?
Reminds me of the Kilcher crowd up in Alaska, leaving their cows out to fend for themselves in major brown bear territory, then complaining about bear predation.
People problem, not a wildlife problem.
Reminds me of the Kilcher crowd up in Alaska, leaving their cows out to fend for themselves in major brown bear territory, then complaining about bear predation.
People problem, not a wildlife problem.
not a crime to deter, harass or kill nuicanse animals.( if you are referring to the geese).
The fish beds always use netting. Not attractive given the space you have created. My Dad went to war for years with the local herons and his back yard fish pond. (St Bruno, QC). Those predators sure know where everything is, even in downtown suburbia.
Could just buy cheaper fish.
https://globalnews.ca/video/4694321/river-otter-eating-koi-fish-at-chinese-garden-in-vancouver
Grizz
The best part was when he (or another possibly) showed up again last year! Lol
It is learned behavior so you have to change the learning. I use stucco wire to keep deer, moose and elk off of my apple trees. It naturally wants to stay coiled to you just have to cut it to the length you want/need then use a couple of wooden stakes to give it a bit more stand up strength. Put it up early in the season and let the bird(s) learn that it can no longer access the pond. It will fly by a few more times checking and then find another food source. At that point you can take the wire down. The first season is the toughest teaching them because they are like a kid with their hand in a cookie jar, but after they learn it works fine.
The reason they began visiting is because they can see the water from the air. If you put a roof over top that would probably stop them as well....after they have learned no access.
The reason they began visiting is because they can see the water from the air. If you put a roof over top that would probably stop them as well....after they have learned no access.
What does she think about turning the bird into fishcrap? New fish could be in order ha
My wife and I were just discussing the fish situation in our pond; it's a "natural-looking" backyard pond that freezes solid each winter, so we have to net out a couple dozen of the small fish in it each fall and keep them in an aquarium in the basement during the winter. Outside during the summer they breed like mice, but many are killed by water bugs, birds, snakes, etc. I mentioned this thread to her; her reaction was "so they want to stock their pond with gigantic, expensive, blaze-orange coloured fish and expect them not to get eaten?"
I then described the pond-owner being chased back into her house by a bird that probably weighs 5 or 6 pounds max. Her one-word reply: "Idiot"
I then described the pond-owner being chased back into her house by a bird that probably weighs 5 or 6 pounds max. Her one-word reply: "Idiot"
We have a heron that came to our fish pond and took some of our coy . First one we noticed was Floatey went missing , . I,m not to sure what was wrong with him / her . But he liked to swim backwards from one side of pond to other side , then he would turn on one spot and go back across . Some times he would do that thing fish do like when they catch a bug and dart away a short distance . he would practice that move like 5 to 10 times in a row . and some times he would just turn left or right for like ten minutes . Very very entertaining , but he was first to go , Then a few others went missing , and the fishies seemed more like run away and hide at any movement . I seen the heron . Bought a fairly strong sling shot at Princess made a bolo of thin wire and 5 steel bb,s . He made a pretty quick shift in his flight plan and never came back .
