At 09:11 PM 11/6/98 -0800, Ted Becker wrote:
>This is a little bit silly but here it goes:
>
>A co-worker has a green belt with some standing water behind her house.
>She has seen a Great Blue Heron standing, for what seems like hours to her,
>staring at the water. She's concerned the bird is not getting much to eat
>and she'd like to keep the bird around. I told her the bird is probably
>living quite well on frogs. She wonders if it would be appropriate to put
>some fish, like inexpensive (feeder) goldfish in the little pond for the
>heron?

No. If the GBH isn't successful hunting here, it will move on elsewhere.
If it's been hanging out for a long time, it's getting food. If she puts
fish in there, the heron will still stand there for hours, that's how they
hunt...


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