On 12/03/2016 3:33 PM, cowabunga dude wrote:

When I went out to get the mail a sandhill crane flew away from on top
of the storage building, overlooking the stock tank.

They've been around before and never been a problem. I like seeing them
around when they drink from the stock tank.

When I poured in some fish food I watched for the fish to swarm around
and eat, there wasn't any fish. There had been four large eight inch,
two large four inch, and the rest were around three inches, but skinny.
There were seventeen, now there are none.

I poked around with a stick, and still no fish.
Never before have fish been missing after I've seen sandhill cranes.

I'd think unless it's a _very_ shallow tank highly unlikely; they are
marsh and/or land feeders, not divers. Primarily seeds, cultivated
grains and the like altho are considered omnivars, the larger fish would
be extreme and outside their range. I'd guess something else got 'em,
not the cranes.