An added benefit of koi is that they might attract osprey! :-)

Ed Schulz
email: eschulz at gte.net
Phone: (425) 259-6877
Everett, WA
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> From: Irene Wanner <iwanner at u.washington.edu>
> To: Gayle Benton <gbenton at thesanjuans.com>
> Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Bird ponds
> Date: Thursday, February 12, 1998 10:00 AM
>
> I have a wet back yard and talked to some landscapers at the
garden show
> last weekend about ponds. Some people suggested lily pads and
koi; the
> koi, they say, eat algae. Of course, herons and such find out
about your
> koi and slurp! But you migh check ideas out at the library,
arboretum or
> with landscapers whose specialty is yard ponds. - Irene, Seattle
CD
>
> On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Gayle Benton wrote:
> > >
> > We have a small concrete pond built especially for the birds.
They love it
> > but it is a royal pain in the neck. It leaks (and we can't
find the leak),
> > but the main problem is algae....