Re: Bird found using a lure to catch fish.

["Dora Smith" <villandra@austin.rr.com>]

Yup, actually, I saw that and posted what kind of bird is this on a local 
bird list.

I got a dozen replies that it's a green heron, and several people mentioned 
that green herons are known to use bait to catch fish.   They are one of the 
tool using birds.

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
tiggernut24@yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jura" <pristichampsus@yahoo.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>; <vrtpaleo@usc.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 7:15 PM
Subject: Bird found using a lure to catch fish.


> Excessive use of bread to "feed the ducks" may be choking our local ponds, 
> but one animal seems to have found a way to get some extra use out of it.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNTw7GH325U
>
> Anyone know if such a behaviour has ever been documented before?
>
> Jason