James,

Since the migration in the fall is from north to south and since you are north of me, I was kind of hoping you would be the sentinel. \:\)

You can, however, rest assured that I will be complaining loudly (probably much to the chagrin of other Forum readers) at the first sighting of these vile, bird flu carrying, fish eating water fowl(okay the bird flu is exageration for effect)

Any day now the first scout birds will be arriving...a big disadvantage to having multiple scattered ponds rather than one big pond is the difficulty of getting these scout birds on their first visit. It's important to never let them get that first fish, cause after that its all downhill 'till spring.

Eyes wide open, protective measures ready and waiting for the first double cheating cormorants.