At 5:49 PM -0700 6/12/01, Aubert, Steve wrote:
>I don't know much about crows but I have been seeing this same
>behavior in Union Bay for about three weeks. I never heard of
>fishing crows but it certainly is an interesting idea.
>
>I have been observing common crows swooping over the surface of the lake and
>grabbing fingerlings with their claws. I didn't know crows could behave
>like ospreys. Is this something crows have always done, or is it a
>peculiarity of these crows?

Gee, sounds like the basis for a new split to me: the Puget Sound
Fishing Crow, easily identified by behavior. :)

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Rob Saecker
Olympia
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