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Old 12-22-2021, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim 9922 View Post
If you fish the ponds, they are not a welcome sight. The flock synchronizes a sweep across a large area of a pond to herd fish into a shallow end up near shore and then feast. When one pond is cleaned out to their satisfaction they move on to the next. A great example of teamwork in nature. It seems that the "loaners" on a pond are the scouts and are usually joined by the flock a day or two after the scouts arrive.
And that is exactly what a couple of dozen of them did in the retention pond in my back yard. I am at the shallow end so I saw the feeding frenzy. Near Ezell rec center.