On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:17:28 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 19/02/2012 8:51 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>
>>>
>>> No kidding! They almost looked like some Koi I have seen.
>>
>> Koi? I'll have one of them on my arm in a few weeks time... well, a
>> drawing of one, at least.
>
>
> I had some Koi in my back yard "water feature". I had a goldfish pond
>that I used to put goldfish in. One year I splurged and put in some Koi.
> At the time, those guys sold for $6-15 apiece. They started
>disappearing. My wife saw the last one go..... a Blue Heron. Those
>*******s never bothered with the gold fish that used to cots $1 per dozen.

it is common and something you have to put up with if you live near a
natural body of water that has a heron population.
Janet US