What a wonderful weekend I had...

[jmani]

So I got up and out of bed early Sunday morning to help a friend move. I was walking out the front door, ant there was a big beautiful crane (bird) in my front garden. I thought oh how pretty, then I woke up enough to realize it was making a breakfast buffet of my koi pond.

I managed to run the bird from my yard and took stock of my fish. It is winter here in CA (a chilly 65 degrees) and the fish get sluggish when the water temp drobs this low so they easier to count (and to catch to eat). I started counting 1...1...1... that was all that was left. The damn crane just had a $700.00 breakfast. He got all but one of my fish. The only good thing is the only fish left is the 16" Japanese Koi. The bird must not like japanese food because he ate only the domestic fish.

So that was my weekend... Now I have to wait to spring to restock the pond, and figure out how to protect the fish from futher bird attack. I just don't think the wife will go for the plywood covering it now for too long.

end of rant

John

[NooNoo]

keep a birddog in the garden and an iron mesh over the pond.

Herons took my parents stock of fish a couple of years back. The iron mesh slowed them and the dog had alot of fun keeping the birds in the air.

[Khazad]

no use the mesh screen, but make it an electric screen. That'll learn them

[NooNoo]

take up keeping elephants,

the dammed birds have problems eating them

Hmm an elephant pologame in your back yard will keep them away.

[Zil]

Maybe chicken wire over the pond? That certainly is a cheap way of doing it and should be effective.