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For the record, Blue heron's are FEDERALLY PROTECTED!in the U.S.......
also for the record they will gladly spear larger koi for the joy of injuring something live. They may not be able to eat them but now you have to deal with a large puncture wound.
so Bottom line is these birds are territorial. protect yourself and they move on....that is until late summer fall when the young of the year try and carve out a hunting ground of their own. These guys are not only brazen but stupid.
They usually perch in the highest tree at dawn and survey the grounds. once they find a level open patch to flutter down to they will walk a great distance to make their raid.
my best defence was to form a grid work of crossing foot squares over the top of the pond some 10 feet high with 20 pond fishing line. manys a mornin'
i walked out to feed the fish and would spot busted lines and a few spare grey feathers. While illeagle to be in poessesion of, they made the best steelhead flies when tied in the Spey style. So named for the river in the UK they they were first designed to fish in.
manys the time downstream from state Salmon hatcheries I would find dead,floating heron and kingfishers so i know some organizations are allowed to break the law in their removal. At the blue berry farm we have a german shepard that literally runs them off the property....
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