True, they stand still for a long time.
I was driving up my driveway once when I saw a heron pluck a pretty good size fish from the water. I scared him off before he got a chance to eat it. It was a about a 1 pound CC. I'm not sure if he could have eaten it but I didn't give him the chance. I put the fish back in the water and found it floating the next day. Had that distinct hole in it's back. That is when I decided to take action.
I bought one of those life like plastic herons a month back. It looks so real that sometimes I forget and when I see it, I think it is the enemy
It seemed to work for a week or so. I kept moving it every few days until I saw one standing right next to it a week ago. Seems like some are more afraid of it than others but since they all look alot alike it is hard to tell. I would love to catch one and put a shock collar on it. Now I fear that I'm only clearing the water up to make it easier for them to catch fish.
