There had been some fish there 15 years ago when my neighbor stocked the pond for his young son to fish. The neighbor moved, the boy grew up and has his own children now so I have no idea what’s swimming around. And the heron has been breakfasting there every spring and summer.
I like the idea of starting a photographic record. I’ll get some pictures this week. The wild flowers are pretty there now. The loosestrife and wild yellow iris pseudacorus are spreading like mad. I had started to be concerned about them taking over and turning the pond into a wetlands. Maybe the carp will turn out to be good weeders. I guess that they are equal-opportunity gardeners?
Could one train the carp to eat ticks, mosquitoes and no-see-ems?
When a mature red-tailed hawk alit on my deck railing this morning and stayed for several minutes (to my delight) Milo didn’t even open his eyes. Will a giant swimming organic compost bin arouse his interest?