[TN-Bird] Re: Mouseing Great Blue Herons
- From: Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rmhall@xxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:28:33 -0800 (PST)
Folks,
This reminds me of an event at Hiwassee yesterday. I did NOT see
this, but Polly Rooker, who we had the distinct pleasure of
accompanying in the field told Tracey and I about this as we were
leaving Hiwassee.
She saw a Sandhill Crane pick up a small mammal. Immediately the
bird was set upon by several others. There was much pecking and
moving about and Polly lost track of where the mammal was. After a
couple minutes, she assumed it had been consumed, when all of a
sudden she saw a bird with it, then proceed to eat it.
I hope Polly sees this - maybe it will encourage her to give the full
story, which I likely have butchered here, giving it from memory!
Charlie
--- Martin Hall <rmhall@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I never realized what great mousers Great Blue Herons are until
> this winter.
> I've watched several and photographed one spearing field mice on
> several
> occasions recently. I always wondered what they were doing out in
> the middle
> of the pastures.
>
>
> Martin Hall
>
> Lynchburg, TN
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