bird and frog ramblings
Anyone else notice how few frogs there are now? When I was a kid, there were frogs all along the shore. We used to catch them all the time. Never saw a heron until I was a teenager and even then they were quite a rare sight. Hardly see any frogs now. Sure see a lot more herons though. I'm guessing herons eat a whole lot of frogs. Not sure which I like better...
If you have a pond in your yard and like to keep ornamental fish, you would be wise to get a fake heron to place near the pond and move it every couple of days. I guess herons won't hunt near other herons but they do get wise to fake ones that are in the same spot all the time.
I have a beaver pond in my back yard and there is a heron there most every day in season. Pretty neat to watch. There's also a pair of wood ducks that breeds there every year. Never seen wood ducks anywhere else in NH. They seem rather rare
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