tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15530750.post5311591105549649285..comments2024-03-28T09:47:26.622-04:00Comments on Cottage by the Sea : anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431583887929550484noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15530750.post-79642524187902819852008-07-09T04:20:00.000-04:002008-07-09T04:20:00.000-04:00If they gasp by the surface it means there is no o...If they gasp by the surface it means there is no oxygen in the water for them. That means the lake is dying.<BR/>The lake needs a good cleaning.. fresh plants to oxygenate the water and the water needs cleaning.<BR/>They need to put tons of freshwater clams and oysters in to filter the water. They filter thousands of times their own little body size every day!<BR/>When Chesapeake bay put back clams the bay thrived!<BR/>New plants on the bottom will help build oxygen and plants on the top keep the algae down by providing shade.Chana @ Lemon Lime Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11656854855385193867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15530750.post-13238347397216879792008-06-18T07:22:00.000-04:002008-06-18T07:22:00.000-04:00Good. I'm glad you're not resorting to a BB gun or...Good. I'm glad you're not resorting to a BB gun or feeding the bird Alka Seltzer).<BR/><BR/><BR/>The bird can't tell the difference between ornamental or "wild" fish in a lake. Either that or he's just plain lazy.<BR/><BR/>But you live near the water, so he should feed there and not your pond.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry your fish died.<BR/><BR/>The only times I've ever seen fish actually dying was last summer when a small species of fish species of fish were dying in Lake Erie. <BR/><BR/>But they didn't just float to the surface after they died; before they died they swam around in little circles with their heads just barely above the water, mouths gapping open for air.<BR/><BR/>They looked terrified.<BR/><BR/>One of the saddest things I've ever seen. I think the DEC said they were suffering from some sort of internal bleeding but why they came to the surface frantically gasping for air nobody knows.Keli Atahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089132216830000713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15530750.post-48728915347908287622008-06-15T00:34:00.000-04:002008-06-15T00:34:00.000-04:00you did!And I will. For now a net is up over the p...you did!<BR/>And I will. For now a net is up over the pond. Hopefully he will go work for his dinner rather than stabbing my fish in a corral really.<BR/>Talk about shooting fish in a barrel!Chana @ Lemon Lime Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11656854855385193867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15530750.post-43120364543268912002008-06-14T18:39:00.000-04:002008-06-14T18:39:00.000-04:00awwwww....nature is so cruel sometimes - but it mu...awwwww....nature is so cruel sometimes - but it must be nice to see such a beautiful bird so close up!<BR/><BR/>Call your county Agricultural Extension Service - they may have humane solutions to repel egrets. <BR/><BR/>http://njaes.rutgers.edu/county/quickinfo.asp?Ocean<BR/><BR/>not sure if I found you the right county or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15530750.post-47891994544139174912008-06-11T21:27:00.000-04:002008-06-11T21:27:00.000-04:00He even pulled the filter system apart with his bi...He even pulled the filter system apart with his big fat footsies!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15530750.post-56483283582992135212008-06-11T19:30:00.000-04:002008-06-11T19:30:00.000-04:00wow huge bird, you need anti egret defensewow huge bird, you need anti egret defenseDaniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.com