Foxes at Kellys

[Martin Butterfield <>]

The use of dogs as decoys is described in detail on page 159 of Sir Peter Scott's magnificent autobiography "The Eye of the Wind".  He also refers to the ducks mobbing foxes.  Sir Peter notes that technique was invented in Holland in the sixteenth century.

Martin

Martin Butterfield

http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/

On 26 November 2017 at 08:32, Con Boekel <> wrote:

Steve

Interesting! This brought to mind a technique used to trap ducks that I saw in Holland. A small, specially trained dog, is used to lure the ducks towards the trap. The behaviour of the ducks in the instance that you have noted at Kelly's - moving towards the fox - seems to be an example of duck behaviour that makes the use of a lure dog, or a decoy dog, practicable. Large numbers of ducks were caught at the trap I observed. But these were all then banded and released for research purposes. See attached link for details.

regards

Con

http://www.poodlehistory.org/PDUCKTR.HTM

On 11/25/2017 6:58 PM, Wallaces wrote:

  At Kellys yesterday, two foxes, one in the open and the other hidden
(location marked with red arrow). The one in the open seemed to be looking
for the swamphen chicks which emerged from the vegetation behind it after it
left. The ducks moved towards the visible fox rather than away but stayed in
the water at a respectful distance.

Steve

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