Subject: Re: Bird ponds
Date: Feb 12 11:29:30 1998
From: Roger Olstad - rolstad at u.washington.edu
More likely, from my own experience, raccoons and Great Blue Herons....but
the birds do like to drink and bathe in the "shallows".
Roger Olstad
Seattle (Lake Forest Park)
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Ed Schulz wrote:
> An added benefit of koi is that they might attract osprey! :-)
>
> Ed Schulz
> email: eschulz at gte.net
> Phone: (425) 259-6877
> Everett, WA
> ----------
> > 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....
>