Recovery from Heron Attack???

I had an interesting coversation yesterday with my local professional
pond guy. He said that here in GA it's a huge fine if you kill a heron
without a license... but the license fee is $25.

Hmmmm...


On Sat, 22 May 2004 18:43:59 GMT, ~ jan JJsPond.us
wrote:

One ponder lady who lived next to a large nature pond said she saw a heron
down a ~24" carp. Took it 30 minutes to get its mouth shut over it. All I
could think of was, where's the coyotes (also in this area) when you need
them? ~ jan

On Mon, 17 May 2004 10:36:14 -0400, (steve evans) wrote:

We live in extreme Southern Michigan and had a very moderate winter.
Until this year we have never seen a bullhead in the pond. Our bluegills
were as large as 9-10 inches and our bass were 14-15 inches.
As far as overfishing, I doubt we have taken 25 fish out over 20 years.
I love to see the herons come and they can have whatever they need, I
just can't imagine they need the larger fish. As I said, we are seeing
more algae this year, so I am checking into that.

(Do you know where your water quality is?)

Mike Patterson
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Mike wrote I had an interesting coversation yesterday with my local
professional
pond guy. He said that here in GA it's a huge fine if you kill a heron
without a license... but the license fee is $25.

It is very important to continued participation in ponding and rec.ponds to dot
all your i's and cross all your t's in this matter as the federal Migratory
Bird Act protects herons.
"A violation of the act is considered a misdemeanor offense resulting in fines
up to $500 and six months in jail."
and
"The Great Blue Heron has earned the enmity of man in some areas where
goldfish, turtles, frogs, or trout are raised commercially. Once one of these
herons learns how simple it is to obtain food at a trout hatchery, for example,
it may be trapped or shot. However, only individual troublesome birds justify
this practice, which can only be done by permit. "

On rec.ponds we have heard of one ponder who was allowed
to do this. And I do believe it was in the South somewhere.


kathy :-)
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On 23 May 2004 02:00:21 GMT, EROSPAM (Ka30P) wrote:

Mike wrote I had an interesting coversation yesterday with my local
professional
pond guy. He said that here in GA it's a huge fine if you kill a heron
without a license... but the license fee is $25.

It is very important to continued participation in ponding and rec.ponds to dot
all your i's and cross all your t's in this matter as the federal Migratory
Bird Act protects herons.

Oh-oh, did I miss a dot? You aren't threatening to revoke my rec.ponds
posting permit here, are you? :-)

"A violation of the act is considered a misdemeanor offense resulting in fines
up to $500 and six months in jail."

Ummmm, I think that's pretty much what I implied...dire consequences.
I suspect they reserve the "6 months in jail" bit for those psycho
types who would kill the critter for fun. You know, the types who tied
firecrackers to cat's tails and shoot at bald eagles.

and
"The Great Blue Heron has earned the enmity of man in some areas where
goldfish, turtles, frogs, or trout are raised commercially. Once one of these
herons learns how simple it is to obtain food at a trout hatchery, for example,
it may be trapped or shot. However, only individual troublesome birds justify
this practice, which can only be done by permit. "


Ooooookay. (BTW, I'm told the permit is cheap.)

Item of note: The guy who told me this lost a "$800 koi" (his words)
to a heron, so I think he looked into the matter in some depth.

On rec.ponds we have heard of one ponder who was allowed
to do this. And I do believe it was in the South somewhere.


Yee-ha! Georgia -is- in the South somewhere!


kathy :-)
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I really have no intention of killing a heron. I just thought it was
interesting that a permit is only $25. I would have expected it to
cost several hundred.

Or maybe it's very difficult to qualify for purchasing the permit.

Mike

Mike Patterson
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Mike wrote Or maybe it's very difficult to qualify for purchasing the
permit.

I think that is the case. The ponder who we heard about being able to get
fatally rid of the heron had tried everything, this was one determined bird.
And the ponder was elderly.

I posted all the rest of the information because
of the all too often suggest 'shoot 'em' solution to heron problems. Also why I
stick it at the bottom of my heron hints. Figure repeating it often can't hurt
with all the tri-zillions of messages out there.



kathy :-)
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