I knew a variety of people that used fishing line over their pond in order to discourage predatory birds such as egrets and herons from snatching their fish. I was really ambivalent about the practice until yesterday, when I found a large hawk with the tip of its wing tangled in fishing line swinging dead from a tree on my property. I’m bummed, it was a big beautiful hawk. So please do not use fishing line over your pond. There are better ways, in particular, one is called a Heron Scarer. It is an infrared motion detecting water sprinkler. When it senses motion it goes tat tat tat tat tat tat spraying water and it is very effective at scaring raccoons, birds, anything that is around the pond away. Even humans, but that is adjustable :-) and you don’t have the visual distraction of fishing line or netting over your pond. And it’s not going to hang a hawk out to die of exposure. As I said, until I found the hawk and realized how strong the fishing line is compared to a tangled bird I was not passionately against it, but now I am. And I would encourage anyone who has fishing line outside to strongly reconsider. The best to everyone reading. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I knew a variety of people that used fishing line over their pond in order to discourage predatory birds such as egrets and herons from snatching their fish. I was really ambivalent about the practice until yesterday, when I found … Continue reading