[texbirds] Re: GBH behavior
- From: Ervin Fleming <endersgt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "jkestner@xxxxxxxxxx" <jkestner@xxxxxxxxxx>, "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:04:18 -0700
If the Herons ever drink I would suppose it would be at rest along the
shoreline. Conditions were windy, overcast and moderate temps. It was
definitely a feeding behavior. A website I checked today indicated that they do
feed this way but characterized it as 'rare'.
Tom
On Thursday, July 17, 2014 8:53 PM, Judy Kestner <jkestner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
While staying at a private ranch in Webb County in May, we observed a male
Northern Cardinal and a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher doing something similar,
but they were only dipping their bellies into the water as they flew low
over the pond. It was a dusk -- hot date?
Judy Kestner
Corpus Christi
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From: "Ervin Fleming" <endersgt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 8:59 PM
Subject: [texbirds] GBH behavior
> This is an inquiry about an observed feeding behavior....
> While on Joe Pool Lake this afternoon, I noticed a Great Blue Heron
> behaving in an atypical fashion. It was flying low over the water and
> dropping onto the surface of the lake for a moment and then resuming
> flight. This occurred 6 or 7 times in a five minute span. Flight behaviors
> were somewhat reminiscent of a Pelican's feeding behaviors exclusive of
> the high dives.
> So the question, how rare is this feeding strategy?
> Tom Fleming
> Grand Prairie, TX
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