Re: [GSAS-Member] great blue heron

[Trish <snips36@yahoo.com>]

Oh Betty-
I am so sorry!!! Hey he has to eat too....but it is frustrating....I hope the 
wire grate works, I am sure it will be to heavy for him to move, and to much 
work to try and get inbetween...he would be to obvious with getting 
fish.....they are so sneaky!

With your dogs around, I think they will keep him at bay....I know ours are 
good hunters, they have even caught crows.....and killed them, and our dogs are 
only about 18 to 24 pounds, so not very big....

Keep us posted....maybe even attach something shiny to the crates, as most bids 
dont like that, from what I hear.....foil or something.

Trish


--- On Mon, 8/4/08, Betty Goetz <haika@drizzle.com> wrote:

> From: Betty Goetz <haika@drizzle.com>
> Subject: [GSAS-Member] great blue heron
> To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat" <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
> Date: Monday, August 4, 2008, 9:08 AM
> I may be adult goldfish-less. All it took was one great blue
> heron. My
> neighbors told me they saw it arrive on Friday, sit on my
> porch railing
> for 1/2 hour, and then an hour later fly up from under my
> deck to my roof
> where it sat for another hour. This was while I was at
> work. On Friday
> evening, I noticed that nothing came up for food, but I
> figured since it
> was cool and wet, they were too cold to be hungry so I
> simply netted the
> food and tossed it back over the fence to the poultry. Then
> on Saturday I
> saw a GBH stalk by UNDER the upstairs deck checking out my
> live culture
> tubs. My deck extends out roughly 15-20' and this heron
> was only 8' or so
> from my slider...I NEVER thought a heron would come under
> the deck to
> steal goldfish! But I netted both my whiskey-barrel sized
> tubs and found
> no adults...although I did net fry from both of the
> shubunkin ponds. My
> Rubbermaid stock tanks are iffy....I've seen the
> waterlilies move like
> fish are swimming deep below but nothing comes to the
> surface. I haven't
> seen Trish's sarassas either...although they may be
> hanging out in the
> brick pile which is where they stayed for several days when
> newly
> introduced to the tank. They never were really keen on
> coming up to the
> surface, so I'll be really shocked if the heron got
> these guys. But I
> haven't seen them since Friday morning. Both the 100
> and 150g tanks are
> too large for me to net and so who knows. All my ponds are
> now covered
> with dog crate wire floor grates (they are sturdy and easy
> to remove and
> replace). I hadn't used them this year because Adak
> wasn't pulling out the
> parrotfeather and strewing it all over the patio any longer
> (weak grin). I
> never ever thought a GBH would predate so close to the
> house...live and
> learn and warning to the rest of you with patio/deck/porch
> ponds (weak
> grin). I'm really bummed......
> 
> I've got 7 fry so far from shubunkin ponds....plus a
> number of koi fry
> from Steev's contest. So...at least I've got
> something to rear to replace
> the 17 potential lost beauties.
> 
> By the way, the GBH has returned every day since the
> 'hunt'
> 
> Betty Goetz
> 
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