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Oh no! Heron!

Posted by dampflippers Tyne %26 Wear UK (My Page) on
Fri, Jan 27, 12 at 16:57

It must be nearly froggy time- todat a haron has taken residence in the hewthorn trees in my garden and is standing guarding the pond:o( I think it was even on the pond edge at dusk.


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RE: Oh no! Heron!

Don't you just want to wring their charming (not so) little necks! Rotten luck.

I did get a slight bit of pond action last year, but nothing came of it and I don't know why. (Perhaps the lack of the opposite sex made them decide to turn AC/DC?!) I put the lack of frogspawn down to all the disappearing frogs since the heron found my pond. I keep the water and part of the edges covered with netting these days, but you can't teach our hoppy little friends not to venture further afield.

There's a fortune waiting for the person who invents an ultrasonic heron repellent. Any budding scientists out there in pondland?

Good luck, Dampflippers, and let us know how you get on.
Big Kid


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RE: Oh no! Heron!

While it was on the top of the trees in my garden I went to a window with my binoculars. Then I did some miouws...I've always been quite good at this.
It did make it look around to see if there was a threat.


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RE: Oh no! Heron!

Hi!

perhaps you need a bigger cat---let loose your inner tiger!

by the way, the site looks much cleaner than it did a few months ago!

Chip


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