Talk:Great Blue Heron

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I have a Blue Heron eating my fish out of a water garden and would like info on getting rid of it. Any ideas would be appreciated.--24.31.245.135 13:04, 15 July 2006 (UTC)mike

It will go when it's eaten all the fish. jimfbleak 14:57, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Cover the area with a net. Electrode 14:39, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

This worked with geese at a place where my Mom worked. Maybe it'll help with your heron. They went out and bought a bunch of pink plastic flamingos. Every day someone moved the falmingos around so they wern't always in the same place. Whenever anyone saw a goose approaching, they would run out, grab a flamingo, and chase it away waving the flamingo around and shouting. Keep in mind; birds are not stupid, but they are easily startled... you have to keep moving the flamingos and when they get brave you have to give them a reason to be scared. ONUnicorn 16:50, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blue Heron in Farm Field

I have had the pleasure of watching 2-3 Heron living in the field around my home. There is only one small creek in the area. They seems to stay in this grassy area near a dried creek instead of the flowing one. We are about 8 miles east of Lake Erie, as a crow flies. But, this family seems to enjoy being in the farm fields. What could they be living off of? Is this normal for them?

Although they are mainly seen at the water's edge, both Blue and Grey Herons will feed on anything they can catch, and will stand in fields as you observed. Often they appear to be just resting, but depending on the wetness they mauy find frogs, voles or other rodents, or large insects. jimfbleak 06:26, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 30 blue herons

i live in greensburg indiana, and i have 30 if not moe great blue herons that just showed up out by my pond one day. I have never seen this many together could someone please explain these great birds to me?? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Crazy67 (talk • contribs) 02:18, 2 March 2007 (UTC).