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Who You Callin' a Bird Brain??

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MEGHAN

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on: August 11, 2010, 06:20:57 PM
This clever little Heron (Green?) is using bread, thrown by people to other birds, to bait fish.
Who says birds are dumb?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNTw7GH325U
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Howieh

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Reply #1 on: August 11, 2010, 10:23:22 PM
I'll tell you one thing - that bird is a lot smarter than most of the people who commented on the video!:)
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Reply #2 on: August 12, 2010, 01:43:46 AM
This video is pretty funny :lol:

Howieh, I agree!
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Reply #3 on: August 12, 2010, 09:28:57 AM
Amazing video! Thanks for sharing.
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Reply #4 on: August 12, 2010, 12:44:01 PM
That was pretty incredible...now I wonder if it will spread...if it hasn't already...I liked the caption though -- who you calling birdbrain...
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Reply #5 on: August 12, 2010, 07:17:17 PM
Quote from: "Axeman"
birdbrain...
Hey, I resemble that comment!  :D  :lol:
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Jo-Anne :)

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Reply #6 on: August 12, 2010, 10:42:06 PM
Quote from: "Bird Brain"
Quote from: "Axeman"
birdbrain...
Hey, I resemble that comment!  :D  :lol:

 
You're a victim of circumstance!
nyuk! nyuk! nyuk!
 

 Funny video! I like how the heron tries a new spot when he has no luck at the first.
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Reply #7 on: August 13, 2010, 09:17:22 AM
Meghan,
Thanks for passing the video along - very interesting !
Jim
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Reply #8 on: August 18, 2010, 07:04:11 PM
Very interesting to watch. There was a National Geographic article back in the 70s showing very similar behaviour. I can't remember what type of heron it was (though it looked like a green heron from memory) but it was using fish pellets to attract fish.

-John
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Reply #9 on: August 23, 2010, 09:51:15 AM
From the BBC Series by David Attenborough " The Life of Birds" There is  clip of a similar type with a small Heron using cognitive thought to 'steal' feed from farm ducks and 'bait' for fish to catch. Aren't we supposed to be opposed to 'baiting' of birds??
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Reply #10 on: August 23, 2010, 01:42:59 PM
apparently there was a related phenomen amongst crows in the UK -- learning how to take the cap off milk bottles...and it spread.
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Reply #11 on: August 24, 2010, 09:34:17 AM
I thought it was blue tits that drank the cream from the top of milk bottles.
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Reply #12 on: August 25, 2010, 01:56:32 PM
hmmm you might be right....but was it the blue or great tits? ummmm....OK...they really gotta change the name of this group...
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Reply #13 on: August 26, 2010, 06:33:38 PM
It was the blue.
And now that you mention it, I never heard that pun all the time I was in England, the land where "Page 3" and "PHWOAR!!!" comprise half the national vocabulary...
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Reply #14 on: August 26, 2010, 07:48:28 PM
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