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Savage makes tack driving 22's

All wading birds are protected in Florida, as are Raptors. I believe the States are the designated authority and their individual Wildlife agencies that set and enforce the "native" species endangerment and protections, unless it is a critter that moves by flying interstate, (ducks, geese). In the case of Eagles, they were the National Symbol so US Fish and Wildlife Service was given that responsibility. However most mammal and bird protection is regulated and enforced state by state. If in doubt, call your State game and fish commission. I know in Florida we protect our wading and water birds; storks, egrets. herons, moor hens, coots, etc.

I liked the bottle rocket sugestion by gutpile but they are illegal in my state. I have a friend that has a pistol that shoots a projectile similar to a bottle rocket. He uses it to scare unwanted critters out of his garden (this is what it was designed for) form stray dogs, deer, birds, and sometimes the neighbors longhorn cows. He has 2 different cartridges, one is a shrill whistle and the other is a whistle bang. It has a fairly short range somewhere between 100yds to 200 yds.

i like the idea of placing a metal target at the pond and cracking it to scare them away. You would control the time, and number of times. May be worth a try.