Re: Well, the herons found my pond...

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"Dan" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Phyllis and Jim Hurley wrote:
> > Bummer!
> >
> > How deep is your pond?
> >
> > Let us know when you learn who is there still.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> > "Dan" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:bv2dnWjjrYzeYzTenZ2dnUVZ_tednZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>I've been pretty lucky with my new pond this year and lost
> >>no fish to critters (at least none that I know of). Well,
> >>that may have changed. I looked out tonight and saw a great
> >>blue heron standing in the middle of the pond by the waterfall.
> >>The pond is only half frozen now since the days have been in
> >>the upper 30's/low 40's this week. My kid's nanny was here
> >>tonight and mentioned that she's seen it around for several
> >>days this week and thought nothing of it. Oh well... I put
> >>a mist net over it tonight so I shouldn't be loosing any
> >>more. Guess it had to happen eventually.
> >
>
> Unfortunately it's only 18-22" which was as deep as I
> could go before hitting bedrock. I kind of expected that
> since I have schist boulders all around my back yard
> and my neighbor has a sloping 10' high, 20' long monolith
> rising from their front yard (actually looks pretty cool
> and the kids love it).
>
> In any case, after removing the plants for the winter I
> sumerged a 2'x3' piece of flat quarry stone and placed it
> on bricks to give the fish some cover. I lifted it today
> and found most of the fish hiding beneath it. :) I'm
> sure I lost some fish to the heron, but at least a dozen
> survived to swim another day. BTW, the heron was back last
> night, tried to land, hit the net, and flew off.
>
> One more quick note. I went to remove the leaves from my
> skimfilter and found a half dozen frogs hibernating in the
> bottom. Guess I won't be cleaning it out until spring. :)
>
>

Sounds like good news - :-) , glad to hear it! Keep on a ponding! Good luck
and later!



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