Grear Egret eats last fish.

[68merc]

My pond now has no fish. I heard the decoy would keep him away but as you can see its worthless.
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[bouaboua]

A decoy of hawk may work. Your decoy of egret may just be s sign to him say come here, it is safe to land here. Hahahahahaha.

 

[ascott]

Have you tried to use a fabricated screen that rests just above the water but below the rock ledge...this will allow the fish to aerate and feed but will not allow the birds to get to them...?

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http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/2835/#b

http://www.ehow.com/info_8557954_cheapest-ways-build-pond-screen.html

http://www.gardenpondforum.com/threads/yet-another-pond-cover.4647/

 

[68merc]

Its a turtle pond and they come out on the rock in the middle to bask. That and I don't like the look of the netting. When I re-do the pond I'll make it a bit more fish friendly.

 

[Jacqui]

A decoy of hawk may work. Your decoy of egret may just be s sign to him say come here, it is safe to land here. Hahahahahaha.

I kinda thought the same thing. I love the pond!!

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Murray:

You might have done better if you had Spenser closer to the turtle pond instead of over by the swimming pool!

A couple years ago the same thing happened to my pond. An egret ate all my fish, even the mosquito fish. I didn't have a clue until one day I saw him perched on top of my garage. Then I went and looked in the pond and it was completely barren. I sat there for a while thinking that the big bird had frightened the fish into hiding, but nope. All the fish were gone.