birding-aus

Heron using bait for fishing

To: "Birds (E-mail)" <>
Subject: Heron using bait for fishing
From: Carl Clifford <>
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
===============================
www.birding-aus.org
birding-aus.blogspot.com

To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to: 
===============================

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU