First Report of Fishing in the European Blackbird Turdus merula

Adam Raes; Louis Lefebvre; Kurt Jordaens

doi:10.3161/000164508X395351

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Adam Raes,¹ Louis Lefebvre,² Kurt Jordaens^3,*

¹1Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, BEL
²2Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Avenue Docteur Penfield, Montréal, Québec, H3A 1B1 C
³3Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, BELGIUM

^*Corresponding author, e-mail: kurt.jordaens@ua.ac.be

Abstract

During two hours of observation, a female Blackbird made approximately 30 attempts to catch fish, 20 of which were successful. The bird watched and followed a minnow shoal in shallow parts of the river, hopping from stone to stone in a way that resembled its normal behaviour when catching earthworms. The bird only caught small individuals (5–7 cm). Larger individuals were present in the river but were not seen within the shoal and were not attacked.

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Adam Raes, Louis Lefebvre, and Kurt Jordaens "First Report of Fishing in the European Blackbird Turdus merula," Acta Ornithologica 43(2), 231-234, (1 June 2008). https://doi.org/10.3161/000164508X395351

Received: 1 May 2008; Accepted: 1 September 2008; Published: 1 June 2008

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