You betcha. But that must be one optimistic bass if he is targeting
swallows, a bird that I have trouble capturing in my camera lens when it
is in flight.

Baby ducks are the more likely target for bass. Tiger muskies also
target them, so much so that they have come out with a lure that looks
like a floating baby duck with little paddling feet hanging underneath it.

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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:39:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Hank Karen<karenhank at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Do Bass eat birds?
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Several times this summer my wife and I have seen what appears to be a large-mouth bass attempting to eat a bird. The latest event occurred two days ago ten feet from where I was standing. A Barn Swallow flew low over the lake and a Large-mouth Bass rose out of the water in what appeared to be an attempt to catch the swallow. We have seen this several times this summer as well as a bass swim into the shallows in what appears to be an attempt to catch a Goldfinch drinking at the edge of the lake.

Hank Heiberg
Lake Joy
Carnation, WA
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