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Do small hawks or kestrels ever hunt goldfish???
All my fish are hunkered down at the very bottom of my pond which is
3+ feet deep. One of my shubunkins is missing and I noticed their terrified behaviour in mid day. I don't believe it is racoons because my pond walls are very steep and they can't get the fish because they sleep on the bottom at night (they have ripped up plants in shallow areas though). I have never seen a herron in my neighborhood or at my house and cats don't hang around the pond but there is a kestrel that kills small birds in the area and it roosts occasionly in a large tree near my pond. People tell me that kestrels don't go after fish but is this true?? Eagles pull out large fish on nature shows and eagles are not water birds so could'nt a kestrel/small hawk do the same to a small fish?. Has anybody had experience with a fish killing kestrel or small hawk? I believe that the attacks took place on my fish during the day and I have never seen a racoon around here during the day. |
Do small hawks or kestrels ever hunt goldfish???
Well, i spent about an hour researching this and the best answer i got
was "maybe"... On 23 Apr 2004 23:51:50 -0700, (steve) wrote: All my fish are hunkered down at the very bottom of my pond which is 3+ feet deep. One of my shubunkins is missing and I noticed their terrified behaviour in mid day. I don't believe it is racoons because my pond walls are very steep and they can't get the fish because they sleep on the bottom at night (they have ripped up plants in shallow areas though). I have never seen a herron in my neighborhood or at my house and cats don't hang around the pond but there is a kestrel that kills small birds in the area and it roosts occasionly in a large tree near my pond. People tell me that kestrels don't go after fish but is this true?? Eagles pull out large fish on nature shows and eagles are not water birds so could'nt a kestrel/small hawk do the same to a small fish?. Has anybody had experience with a fish killing kestrel or small hawk? I believe that the attacks took place on my fish during the day and I have never seen a racoon around here during the day. |
Do small hawks or kestrels ever hunt goldfish???
I have had several occasions in the past where I thought one of my fish was
gone, only to find it showed up a few days later. "steve" wrote in message om... All my fish are hunkered down at the very bottom of my pond which is 3+ feet deep. One of my shubunkins is missing and I noticed their terrified behaviour in mid day. I don't believe it is racoons because my pond walls are very steep and they can't get the fish because they sleep on the bottom at night (they have ripped up plants in shallow areas though). I have never seen a herron in my neighborhood or at my house and cats don't hang around the pond but there is a kestrel that kills small birds in the area and it roosts occasionly in a large tree near my pond. People tell me that kestrels don't go after fish but is this true?? Eagles pull out large fish on nature shows and eagles are not water birds so could'nt a kestrel/small hawk do the same to a small fish?. Has anybody had experience with a fish killing kestrel or small hawk? I believe that the attacks took place on my fish during the day and I have never seen a racoon around here during the day. |
Do small hawks or kestrels ever hunt goldfish???
I have had several occasions in the past where I thought one of my fish was
gone, only to find it showed up a few days later. "steve" wrote in message om... All my fish are hunkered down at the very bottom of my pond which is 3+ feet deep. One of my shubunkins is missing and I noticed their terrified behaviour in mid day. I don't believe it is racoons because my pond walls are very steep and they can't get the fish because they sleep on the bottom at night (they have ripped up plants in shallow areas though). I have never seen a herron in my neighborhood or at my house and cats don't hang around the pond but there is a kestrel that kills small birds in the area and it roosts occasionly in a large tree near my pond. People tell me that kestrels don't go after fish but is this true?? Eagles pull out large fish on nature shows and eagles are not water birds so could'nt a kestrel/small hawk do the same to a small fish?. Has anybody had experience with a fish killing kestrel or small hawk? I believe that the attacks took place on my fish during the day and I have never seen a racoon around here during the day. |
Do small hawks or kestrels ever hunt goldfish???
Hawks and kestrels would be at the very bottom of my list of birds preying on fish. More likely a heron or kingfisher. Herons usually wade in and stalk the fish, a kingfisher dives in and 'swims' after the fish, coming back out to take the fish to a tree limb and eat it there. Here is my list of predator tips: Heron, fishing bird tips: - netting over the pond - chimney flue in the bottom of the pond - electric shock fence - motion activated sprinkler - plastic fish decoy - (P.S. Migratory Bird Act and Birds of Prey Act forbids lethal methods, heavy fines and jail time take away from pond dollars and pond time ;-) kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
Do small hawks or kestrels ever hunt goldfish???
Hawks and kestrels would be at the very bottom of my list of birds preying on fish. More likely a heron or kingfisher. Herons usually wade in and stalk the fish, a kingfisher dives in and 'swims' after the fish, coming back out to take the fish to a tree limb and eat it there. Here is my list of predator tips: Heron, fishing bird tips: - netting over the pond - chimney flue in the bottom of the pond - electric shock fence - motion activated sprinkler - plastic fish decoy - (P.S. Migratory Bird Act and Birds of Prey Act forbids lethal methods, heavy fines and jail time take away from pond dollars and pond time ;-) kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
Do small hawks or kestrels ever hunt goldfish???
"Remydog" wrote in message news:GDric.12595$0u6.2180162@attbi_s03... I have had several occasions in the past where I thought one of my fish was gone, only to find it showed up a few days later. snip Amen to that. I have two Koi that are an opalescent yellow color. One of them periodically disapears and reappears. I am not sure where he is commuting to, nor how he gets there, but he does. -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
Do small hawks or kestrels ever hunt goldfish???
"Remydog" wrote in message news:GDric.12595$0u6.2180162@attbi_s03... I have had several occasions in the past where I thought one of my fish was gone, only to find it showed up a few days later. snip Amen to that. I have two Koi that are an opalescent yellow color. One of them periodically disapears and reappears. I am not sure where he is commuting to, nor how he gets there, but he does. -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
Do small hawks or kestrels ever hunt goldfish???
Sounds like a BV kind of a Koi.
-- _______________________________________ "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'." http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino "Benign Vanilla" wrote in message ... "Remydog" wrote in message news:GDric.12595$0u6.2180162@attbi_s03... I have had several occasions in the past where I thought one of my fish was gone, only to find it showed up a few days later. snip Amen to that. I have two Koi that are an opalescent yellow color. One of them periodically disapears and reappears. I am not sure where he is commuting to, nor how he gets there, but he does. -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
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