On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 21:16:58 -0700 Rob Saecker <rsaecker at thurston.com>
writes:
> 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 weeksI 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. :)
>
> --
> Rob Saecker
> Olympia
> rsaecker at thurston.com
>
I have watched crows snatch Columbia River Euchalon (smelt) from
the water during the spawning run of these fish for years. I don't know
if this was a learned behavior or just opportunism.

Wilson Cady
gorgebirds at juno.com