What a 'Watch' DOG!

[shelly]

I came home from work yesterday and my mother in law - who lives in an apartment in our house told me that Tori had been barking on and off ALL day.  Now this was not too shocking to me, as she is the neighborhood watchdog and barks at everything and everyone that passes by. My  M-I-L thought Tori was barking at my son in the yard, but he had gone to a friend's.  When she looked out the window... she saw "IT" - the reason for Tori's intense barking!  A heron or crane was silently standing over our fish pond!   Now - Tori definitely knows the word fish and will always run to the pond to watch them when outside.... guess she was trying to protect them... Not sure how many that darn bird got, but I know it got a few... Guess her guarding instincts kicked in...wait till Tori finds out some of 'her' fish are gone!  That bird will be 'history'  - LOL

[F, Calla & Luca]

In defense of the birds, the herons are beautiful and doing what comes naturally. Of course I know how little sympathy I have when people tell me these things about the deer I have battled for years.

[shelly]

I guess... nature has to run it's natural course... I told my class about it today and one very smart second grader said, "Hey, that's like the food chain you told us about"! As they say.. out of the mouth of babes! (Glad somebody was listening - lol). He set me straight!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

We had that same problem in our fish pond and I bought a metal heron that I put out next to the pond and have not seen one since.

[shelly]

Thanks Laurie! We're off to buy a 'heron' this weekend - maybe I'll make that a "Father's Day" gift - lol thanks!