Shame!... I Feel So Bad For Him.....but!?

[Ludwig Venter]

He may be one of the most beautiful birds in my garden and he may have one of the saddest songs I've heard...... BUT!!!!.... there is no ways I'm sharing any more Goldfish with him.....

As I'm typing this.... I hear his sad song from outside, but for maybe too long, he's been abusing my hospitality providing a free menu for breakfast and supper on a daily basis..... I could well imagine the blighter sitting up there and deciding "will it be a pink one today?, or would I rather have one of those black ones with the big eyes..... Maybe a medium red one??....."......

Well! Those days are in the past!.... Too much is just Too much... I can see the numbers of my GF drop and he is responsible..... This afternoon..... I put some bird netting over my Goldfish pool outside and I can hear an extra sadness in his song today..... He'll have to move on to greener pastures......

 

[sarah40011]

lol poor him! what bird is it? my uncle was battling a heron last year but over winter he became so skinny and scraggly (the heron) he just let him get on with it lol what a softy

 

[Ludwig Venter]

lol poor him! what bird is it? my uncle was battling a heron last year but over winter he became so skinny and scraggly (the heron) he just let him get on with it lol what a softy

This is the culprit.....(Kingfisher) As I say...beautiful with a heartmoving song.... but I am no longer fooled by his hypnotising approach....

 

[Hmongol]

How many have he eaten already?

 

[Cazgar]

Beautiful bird, but I think you've had him to dinner too often.
Hope he didn't take too many of your fish

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Beautiful bird, but I think you've had him to dinner too often.
Hope he didn't take too many of your fish

He's had his fair share of easy fish.... just about 1,000m from my house there are about 7 dams with lots of natural nutrition for him to feast on.... less decorated though, (reds and pinks) but still taste the same... and slightly more difficult to get at..... Let him earn his keep!!.... Tillapias are plentifull in the shallows.....

I think you've had him to dinner too often.

I am contemplating having him FOR dinner......

 

[sarah40011]

ah i saw a quick glimpse of one of these when i was a kid, didnt know they sing. gorgeous birds but not worth feeding your pets too im sure he can go down the river, just being lazy!

 

[Steve H.]

A Blue Heron robbed my father of all his koi one summer before he discovered what was happening to his fish. Some he had for years and were 12" plus.

Sorry for your losses, but happy you found the thief before he picked you clean!

 

[Ludwig Venter]

A Blue Heron robbed my father of all his koi one summer before he discovered what was happening to his fish. Some he had for years and were 12" plus.

Sorry for your losses, but happy you found the thief before he picked you clean!

He really did make a big dent into my stocks, but since I have no market for the fish and can produce another 2,000 at a weeks' notice..... He was (kind've) welcome to them....(up to a point of course)..... I currently have some 1,500 fry in the fishroom which are ready to be transferred outside to the (now covered) pools.....