Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 17:10:28 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Walter Ellison Subject: Re: Immature Heron Behavior MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The bird could be engaging in a form of play, sort of a game of mock prey capture. Another possibilty is the bird may be baiting prey in some way, but this would require seeing it succeed in getting food as a result of its actions. Just a couple of thoughts. Good Atlasing, Walter Ellison MD/DC Atlas Coordinator - MOS 23460 Clarissa Rd Chestertown, MD 21620-3645 410-778-9568 "A person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast." - E. B. White ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elliot Kirschbaum" To: Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 4:37 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Immature Heron Behavior > One of the Baltimore County Atlasers sent me the following query: > > > (3) Had an unusual sighting yesterday: immature yellow-crowned night heron > > carrying a stick in his mouth for quite some time (5 minutes or so)--even > > dipping it in the water! I'm not counting this as nest building, but do you > > have any insight into why an immature would do this??? > > Any one else observe such behavior or have any comments about it? > > Elliot Kirschbaum > Baltimore, MD USA > mailto:ekirschb@bcpl.net > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================