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| I don't have an answer to your question, but we live on a lake and it is true when they walk along the shoreline you never see 2 at a time. I'll have to ask around and see if anyone around here knows how to keep them away. Lisa |
| i have them , but in the wild. they don't like noise and quick movements of any kind. maybe something along the windchimes and/or twirlers. |
Guest wrote: i have them , but in the wild. they don't like noise and quick movements of any kind. maybe something along the windchimes and/or twirlers. I have some near the pond but maybe they are too heavy to chime most of the time . I used to have a windsock that was very light weight like silver streamers. Maybe I can find that & try it out there. |
| You can get a motion activated sprinkler. Check out the scarecrow here: http://www.webbsonline.com/catalog/acc/ I buy a lot of stuff from this site but I've seen them cheaper elsewhere. If you go to the front page, there's usually a coupon. |
We have them in the wild here too - our lake runs through a series of ditches to a several lakes in the area. They used to be in the ditch by our road and flap up and scare the crap out of our horses when we were out riding....  My friend had them visit her koi pond in town too - easy pickings! I can't remember what finally got rid of them - I'll check. |
I'm no help at all, I'm afraid...my first thought when I read this was that if it were me I'd stock the pond with feeder goldfish and think of it as a super-cool birdfeeder!  Sorry  I like blue Herons!  |
| In the mean time make sure your koi can get under a ledge to hide from them - Move your fake heron from time to time as well - the real ones aren't all that stupid |
kerry wrote: In the mean time make sure your koi can get under a ledge to hide from them - Move your fake heron from time to time as well - the real ones aren't all that stupid We do all that. He finally left us alone last year. This coud be another one maybe. |
ravenmoonart wrote: I'm no help at all, I'm afraid...my first thought when I read this was that if it were me I'd stock the pond with feeder goldfish and think of it as a super-cool birdfeeder! Sorry I like blue Herons! Well, Laurel, you might not like them so much if you had dug & built the pond yourself, by hand, did all the designing & planting of water plants & landscaping & then paid for fantailed goldfish. We finally, last year, had the fish start to reproduce. If this thing wants to go eat somebody's carp elsewhere that is fine. But I don't like paying for his meals at $9.00 a crack for every fish he downs.  Besides, it's an ecosystem & we enjoy watching it. This thing is upsetting the balance! |
| Something motion activated is probably your best bet. Otherwise as mentioned they just smarten up. Good luck! |
ChSheepdogs wrote: ravenmoonart wrote: I'm no help at all, I'm afraid...my first thought when I read this was that if it were me I'd stock the pond with feeder goldfish and think of it as a super-cool birdfeeder! Sorry I like blue Herons! Well, Laurel, you might not like them so much if you had dug & built the pond yourself, by hand, did all the designing & planting of water plants & landscaping & then paid for fantailed goldfish. We finally, last year, had the fish start to reproduce. If this thing wants to go eat somebody's carp elsewhere that is fine. But I don't like paying for his meals at $9.00 a crack for every fish he downs. Besides, it's an ecosystem & we enjoy watching it. This thing is upsetting the balance!Sorry Marilyn! We had to give up ages ago on the concept of fish outside...way to many critters to chow on them here (not to mention having to bring them in for winter) but a friend of mine did just as I said: bought cheap feeder goldfish, brought her koi indoors and called it good!  My fondness for Blue Herons is based on a rather strange philosophical conversation I had with one once. I was very upset over some super trivial thing, and had gone for a walk down to the (Sitka) docks to look at the boats and brood. I sat down to sketch a heron who seemed to be posing especially for me, looking all elegant and lovely, and pored out my troubles to him at the same time. Well, he turned finally, looked right at me, and proceeded to puke up a whole (large!  ) fish. I very much felt that the natural world was telling me what to do with my whiny, broody attitude at that point! |
Laurel - that is an interesting story  uggh about the puked fish Marilyn - Mary said the blue heron was terrorizing their neighborhood (they live in town in a residential neighborhood). She got a strawberry net - the kind for keeping birds out of the berries- but then the heron left and never came back.  |
| What a pain in the butt for you Marilyn. We had a blue heron one time behind our house. I had to look it up to see what kind of bird it was because I had never seen one before. Fortunately it didn't puke up any fish in front of me. |
got sheep wrote: Laurel - that is an interesting story uggh about the puked fish Marilyn - Mary said the blue heron was terrorizing their neighborhood (they live in town in a residential neighborhood). She got a strawberry net - the kind for keeping birds out of the berries- but then the heron left and never came back. I can check on the netting. We have a net we put over it during winter to keep the debris out of the pond. But in the summer if I have to put a net on then it hinders the plant growth. Water lillies & other plants. I noticed a spinning wind thing in an ad over the weekend. We will go to get something like that. It wouldn't detract too much from the landscaping around the pond. For the time being Jim stuck a medium sized Cleveland Indians flag in the ground on the one side. Unfortunately he didn't look where he was sticking it & I think he may have hit the roots of one of the Fair Rose bushes that was just starting to come up! Hope it makes it! |
| We had a beautiful pond in Montana and something with motion helped us with the Herons. Our issue was a water snake ---UGH! |
| pellet gun Oh I'm sorry, was that out loud? |
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loried wrote: 22 I won't say it out loud either |
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