"Scott M." wrote in message ...
I'll look them up. Thanks. I would never kill the bird. They are so
beautiful. In my neighbourhood we have plenty of deer, black bear,
porcupines, rabbits, raccoons, squirrels, chipmunks and other assorted
critters. I had been suspecting raccoons of getting into the pond and
knocking over rocks and plants, but now I know about the heron. The raccoon
goes for easier meals in my garbage cans.

Scott

Hi Scott, if canada411 is correct, you're out in Carp (Good grief:
bears, that close?!). I'm not too far away, in Kanata. We've had a
heron once that we know of, a couple of years back. Then this spring,
*something* knocked over some pots and took a koi, probably during a
Saturday morning. I suspect a heron, although we also frequently get
raccoons -- but never during the day. It's amazing the wildlife that
hangs on, even in deepest darkest suburbia. We got a floating
reflector, and let the hornwort grow over everything, and haven't lost
anything else (that we've noticed). Putting up bird netting would be
a real pain.....

-- Kizhe

"Ka30P" wrote in message
...
Tips for herons, egrets and other fishing birds:
- bird netting over the pond, usually the quickest method
- put in an pond shock fence, lays out over the water at the edge
- a motion activated sprinkler
(go to froogle.com to find these products and different vendors
and prices)
- Migratory Bird Act forbids lethal methods,
heavy fines and jail time take away from pond time ;-)

good luck!
kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html