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This past week I found a dead and floating GBH in the pond. The wind had blown it to the shoreline and I could see something floating from a distance but as I got closer I thought what the heck? I have no idea what caused the death of the thing, other than it choking on a fish or it gouged itself with eating too many of my fish. It was not lead poisoning. There is always a GBH around the pond and there will be one soon to take up the opening slot around the pond.

And then earlier in the week I found a half eaten 15" HSB laying on the pier. My thinking was it had died of natural causes and it had been picked out of the water by a coon. The coons will walk the shoreline each night and gather up the fish that have died and float to the bank. There is most always a dead cnbg or a Tp that dies during a day of the week. And then as I walked to one of the feeders "that sets on its own pier" I herd a big splash but did not see what it was. And again the next day another big splash from under the shore based, over hanging pier. The pier makes a nice hiding place under it. Could that splash come from a big Bull Frog? Nah! Too big a splash. Could it be from a large lmb feeding on a cnbg around the feeder, yep, it could be. And then there was yesterday, as I walked to the and on the feeder pier, I saw it, another River Otter has discovered the pond. I only caught a glimpse of the thing but I have seen them before at the pond. Damm it! I don't have time to fool with trapping again, I have wildlife food plots going in this week. One more thing to note, I have always looked for otter scat when I suspect otters, but I have seen no scat and that is one of the reasons I was slow to figure it out this time. So, I boiled and dyed the Conibar traps yesterday and will set some traps today. So, What's next at the pond?

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Our Great Pyrenees keeps most wildlife run off from our pond, but we had our first group of Southbound travelers last week. Thankfully they appeared to just be stopping for a break and only stayed for a few hours. Large group of 20. See attached picture.

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I here ya, I just saw two Otters in one of my ponds again. We have mink, herons, snapping turtles, mergansers, eagles and osprey. All of these are OK but the two things I can't take are cormorants and otters.

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Woodster, I have had my battles with cormorants also. And I know the Bald Eagle is cool but after having one at my pond every day for 3 months was enough of Cool.


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I saw the largest/tallest crane I have ever seen the other day.

I guesstimate he was about 5' tall judging by the fence he was standing next to.

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Tbar, Sandhill Crane Maybe? Or a water type crane u think?


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Originally Posted By: TGW1
Tbar, Sandhill Crane Maybe? Or a water type crane u think?


Dono......he was alone in the middle of the field far from water. Pretty skitch......flew off as soon as he saw me 150 yards away.


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