Carl and All,
I had an elderly friend who worked as a wildlife rescuer some years ago. In
her possession was a Torresian Crow which after a short time was released
and continued to come back to pick at the bread she gave to the chooks. The
bird always carried the bread off and never ate it in front of us which we
thought to be strange. After a while curiosity got the best of us so we
followed the bird with the car down the road to a near by dam. Luckily the
dam was at a release site she used regularly so we had no problems getting
to the dam where we witnessed an incredible site. The crow was dropping the
bread in the water and catching small fish with it. That is a sight I shall
never forget.
Yours Sincerely
Mr Jade Welch
Gold Coast,
Queensland
From: Carl Clifford <>
To: "Birds (E-mail)" <>
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Heron using bait for fishing
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:03:31 +1000
Dear All,
Being the commsumate intellectual that I am, I was watching Australia's
Funniest Home Videos last Saturday evening. I was particularly interested
in one clip which showed a Heron, rather like a Striated, hunting off a
wharf. I know that is not unusual, but this bird was shown scavenging
around the wharf for pieces of bread that were laying around, and instead
of eating the bread, taking it down the wharf steps and dropping it in the
water. When small fish swam up to investigate the bread, the Heron quickly
snatched a fish and hey presto - one fish dinner! Has anyone seen birds
using bait to attract prey like this? The heron certainly looked as if
this was a regular part of its behaviour, not just a one off accident some
one caught on video. It was certainly the highlight of the evenings
viewing, even better than Dr Who!
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
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