Clever Bird Goes Fishing

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[navysealdad]

Clever bird fine tunes its fishing technique with a small scrap of bread.

[SMARTY]

Even critters know how to take care of themselves

[heartwood]

It’s a green heron. I had no idea they were “smart” birds. Not a smart fish, though.

[skinkinthegrass]

pResident O'Bozo: "He didn't earn that!"
that's a great/educational video.. thxs, for the post.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Give a bird a fish, and he’s eat for a day. Give him a loaf of bread, and he’ll sit on the shore all day drinking beer.

[hosepipe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bYI_aOyCn9Y

[VeniVidiVici]

That’s pretty amazing!

[preacher]

Original Chinese Proverb:

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

New Proverb:

Give a man a welfare check, a cell phone, cash for his clunker, food stamps, section 8 housing, Medicaid, 100 weeks of unemployment checks, a 40-ounce malt liquor, needles, drugs, contraceptives, designer Air Jordan shoes and he will vote Democrat for a lifetime.

[PowderMonkey]

Some species are scary smart. The African honey guide bird has been known to guide people to bees nests, in order for it to get at exposed larvae when humans break them open for honey. From this it also learned to lure humans into contact with black mambas that might be threatening the bird’s nest, knowing humans would kill the snake if encountered. Nasty surprise for humans expecting to find a honey filled bees nest, but bumping into “Mr. No Shoulders” instead.

[DManA]

It’s like he didn’t quite grasp the concept.

[headstamp 2]

“It’s like he didn’t quite grasp the concept.”

If he could only tie a knot.

[Dysart]

Fascinating. I think this qualifies as tool use, the mark of at least basic thought process. So much for pigeonholing (sorry) birds the into instinct-only category. Beautiful bird also.

Ever directly observed such a thing, Flycatcher?

[SWAMPSNIPER]

That’s a Green Heron. They’re always around here, somewhere, but they tend to be secretive.

[Flycatcher]

Wow! Great video. I've watched many green herons before, but I've never seen one use a tool. Neat stuff.

Sorry for this belated response! I had to do some bird surveys the last four days and I took my wife with me this time. She had a good time. (I think.) Got very upclose and personal with a juniper titmouse, though. Although this doesn't rise to the level of "toolmaking," the titmouse struggled to remove a seed from a fresh pinyon pine cone. He then took the seed to a rock, where he proceeded to pound on it to break it into bite-size pieces. Nuthatches do this too. That's how they get their common name: they "hatch" nuts from cones. Fun to watch.

Thanks for the ping!

[Dysart]

Yeah, I think that Green Heron's a better angler than I.

We have the Tufted Titmouse around here, though they aren't all that common anymore. There were apparently two successful broods nearby this spring. They're curious, comical little birds who I see commonly flocking with Chickadees and Downy Woodpeckers and amusingly prefer to take their drink from the condensation produced from the my AC unit, rather than the nearby garden pond compete with waterfall which all the other birds find irresistible.

They're tame critters, too, plucking dog hair from a brush that I set aside very close by after use. It's almost as if they watch and wait to pounce; doubtless they were lining their nest with the material. And they have quite a song for a little one.

[Focault's Pendulum]

Great video! Anyone know what the bait was?

[Flycatcher]

Lol. It seems the smaller the bird, the bolder it is.

And, yes, I've been attacked by a hummingbird before. Not proud of that. ;^)