A Little Sad at Wildflower Hollow

For three years we have been able to keep the herons from the pond with fishing line barriers and have felt quite clever at outsmarting them. Who would have thought we would get a Smew duck in the pond. Chris actually saw it diving in and eating the poor fish. It was a bit too late though when he chased it away. We had about 60 gold fish in there from our original 5, plus 2 koi. We have counted only 4 goldies left and 1 koi. Thank goodness it is out large koi that has been spared. I suspect he is too big for the Smew. I guess we need to net it. I am quite bummed by this, but it is nature I guess. A heron would do far less damage.