Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) and Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) Using Bait for Fishing in Kenya

Rory J. Post; Christine P. Kowal Post; J. Frank Walsh

doi:10.1675/063.032.0311

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Rory J. Post,^1,* Christine P. Kowal Post,² J. Frank Walsh³

¹1Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, U.K.
²2Top Barn Studio, Milton Street, Polegate, East Sussex, BN26 5RH, U.K
³380 Arundel Road, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, FY8 1BN, U.K.

^*Corresponding author; E-mail: r.post@nhm.ac.uk

Abstract

A wild Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) was observed to take bread, drop it in a pond, wait for the fish to be attracted to the bread, strike at the fish, and successfully catch fish in this way (active bait-fishing). A Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) was observed, at the same site, to catch fish attracted to bread which had been thrown onto the water by humans (passive bait-fishing). Little Egrets and Grey Herons have not previously been recorded using bait for fishing.

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Rory J. Post, Christine P. Kowal Post, and J. Frank Walsh "Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) and Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) Using Bait for Fishing in Kenya," Waterbirds 32(3), 450-452, (1 September 2009). https://doi.org/10.1675/063.032.0311

Received: 28 July 2008; Accepted: 1 February 2009; Published: 1 September 2009

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