Thanks everyone!
Nancy, we have wild turkeys here too, but they are so tame they are obnoxious.
Some idiot must be feeding them.
A couple weeks ago a whole group of them chased me across the parking lot at my favorite deli when I stopped for lunch.
Funny thing was, I picked up a turkey sandwich! They were wanting whatever was in the bag.
Here in my own backyard, they aren't so tame. Plus we have pheasant and quail.
There are several out there now grazing where the snow has finally melted off the lawn.
turtlemike , it's Jo
Yce.
The deer eat the lilies, start with the blooms first. But they seem to only do this when the pond dries out a bit and they can wade in deeper.
Anyway, doesn't happen too much because we try to keep the mud ponds topped off.
I do not want the ugliness of an electric fence (or any fence) near my ponds.
My container ponds here are mostly in barrels, and I use a deer spray on the wooden sides about once every 2 weeks to keep 'em away.
The other container ponds get deer spray directly in the water and on the plants.
Like I said before, once I get my new pond built here at our new house, the back yard will be fenced in, but tastefully and no where near the pond.
I do shoot the deer though...with a S&W air pistol...only if they are yanking down the birdfeeder or up on my deck or porch eating my potted plants.
Yes, they get up on the deck and porch and graze!
