I love watching snowy egrets fish. It kind of looks like they have a piece of tape stuck to the bottom of their foot and they're trying to shake it off!
I had my first snowy egrets here today, far earlier than I normally see them which is in June. Deborah Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 25, 2015, at 10:11 PM, SeEttaM . <[email protected]> wrote: > > I took a video of a Snowy Egret fishing at Florence River Park day before > yesterday that shows it using what I call the 'foot shake' technique to stir > up fish. The short video clip shows the egret first shake one foot, then the > other, repeatedly under the water apparently successfully stirring up a fish > that it quickly consumes. I think it is interesting what various strategies > bird species have devised to improve their foraging. The video clip is now > uploaded on my Birds and Nature blog. > > Yellow-rumped Warblers, both Audubon's and Myrtle (both found along the > Arkansas River), come through in good numbers. Only other warbler species I > have seen so far is Common Yellowthroat, a pair at Sell's Lake 2 days ago. > > The Eastern Phoebe that is sitting on eggs that I reported earlier is still > sitting tight. Have yet to see her mate. > > SeEtta Moss > Canon City > http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAAUvckrdGWdhPT7PhrXtyXA1MZphuJ2RAPZRNP9ZsD-WN6UidQ%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/85302FB6-81CC-4D6B-9E76-0DB5693BF285%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
