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I hate to break up this big news day with a personal request, but I need some advice from anyone who knows about how to prevent a Blue Heron from attacking my Koi pond? I just arrived home to find this HUGE Blue Heron standing in the middle of my pond, swallowing what I discovered to be the last of my (very expensive) Koi. All my fish, some costing me between $100 and $300 are gone. The Heron just lifted off with a belly full of fish; an amazing site, as this thing had to have a 6'ft wing span,...

Excuse the vanity, but I am so damn happy I could kiss Helen Thomas. Well, maybe not, but whatever. If anyone remembers a few months ago; I had posted a request for advice after discovering a Great Blue Heron eating the Koi from my backyard pond. Being a beginner Koi fanatic, I was unaware of the hazards of putting expensive fish in my pond without some form of protection. I could not get a dog, because I am away from home part of every week. Well, two days ago, I finished a new pond, and moved my fish (and some...

Welcome to the ongoing vanity saga of my new backyard Koi Pond. A while back, I created a frantic post after discovering that Great Blue Herons were eating my Koi, so I asked FReepers for advice. Later, after installing a "Scarecrow", an infra-red, motion detecting, water sprinkler, I created a second post describing my success in using this device to ward off the Herons and preserve my expensive fish. During that thread, some folks requested that I post some pictures of my newest pond. So, after picking up a very cheap digital camera on Ebay, I started taking pictures. I...