Heron fishing techniques

[Andrew Taylor <>]

On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 05:05:22PM +1000, Syd Curtis wrote:
> In reviewing the general situation he had written in a draft, "Several
> species of heron use bait as tools to attract fish".   So it would seem that
> this is recognised.  Unfortunately Dr Milewski didn't elaborate, nor, in the
> material he gave me, give any references.

A google search turns up a pile of references to various heron species
using bait.

Google images turns up a Black Heron in action
http://home.tiscali.nl/jvanderw/gambia02/Black%20Heron.jpg
I've seen them fishing like this in East Africa - its quite striking
and easy to observe.
 
Andrew
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