Hi All
We have Australian Ravens nesting in a tall E viminalis
in our garden (their fourth or fifth year in the tree). We
have a pond beside the house (clearly observed from the
living/dining/kitchen area, around 0.5M deep and 1.2M in
diameter, with a shallow edge against the house, overhanging
plantings, water plants, an old terracotta pipe in the
bottom and azolla and duckweed covering on average 1/4 of
the surface). In early spring 4 of our 6 goldfish (mostly
comets, bodies around 10-15 cm) disappeared and the
remaining two have been extremely shy ever since.
The ravens have only been observed around the pond once
or twice, but of course we are not always about, but my
guess is that they are the culprits ....
Any thoughts?
(Some years ago I think was the first to formally record
a piscivorous
magpie lark in an odd ob in Canberra Bird Notes –
same pond, but in the shallow
section, and baby fish ... )
