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Quote: Originally Posted by jnorth And now for a public service announcement about killing herons. Click here to see the fines http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ht...7----000-.html Good luck getting rid of that thing. I have one myself now to deal with.

I don't know about you, but where I live, herons are not migratory. Click here to read about great blues:
http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=41

Now if it were a swan or goose or duck or humming bird or any other kind of bird that migrates like clockwork at the season change, I'd worry about the fines. But even endangered species can be taken with a permit if they are damaging/killing/eating livestock, and if all it takes is to contact Fish and Wildlife or Dept. of Fish and Game for permission to dispatch the predator that is harming your koi, then those heron's days should surely be numbered....

Marie