Hi Tweets,

Mike Shepard writes:

>Myke Chutter, a bird biologist with the BC Govt sent out the following
>observation:
>
>"Don Hyde of Victoria called to report an unusual foraging method he
>observed for GBHE at the Holiday Inn in Chilliwack. Apparently there is a
>pair of herons that hang out there regularly. There is a pond on the
>property loaded with carp. He says he observed a heron perched on a railing
>at the Inn, fly off the railing and dive head first (like a kingfisher) into
>the pond, grab a fish and fly back out. He says the
>railing is about 10-12 ft high and about 12-15 ft from the pond, and that
>the pond is too deep for the bird to alight in.
>
>I've never heard anything like this - have you (or anyone else cc'd).
>Maybe worth dropping by the Holiday Inn and taking photo's?"

Evelyn Whiteside, that indefatigable and acute Vancouver BC birder, has
photos of one using this method last summer at Iona Island.

Michael Price
Vancouver BC Canada
mprice at mindlink.net

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