One time on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis I watched a Pied-billed Grebe attempt to eat a Sunfish it had caught. I watched it for about 20 minutes trying to position the fish in a way that it could eat it. The fish however looked taller than the Grebe's throat was wide. It dropped it several times, each time retrieving it. I had to leave so I didn't know if the Grebe ever succeeded, but I doubt it.
-----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of sparky stensaas Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 6:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [mou-net] Video--baby Brown Thrasher vs. Garter Snake St. Louis County near Floodwood; June 12 Came upon a bizarre scene while doing bird surveys for the DNR. A recently fledged Brown Thrasher had evidently been fed a 12-inch long baby Garter Snake by its parent. It was trying valiantly to get the snake down when.... Well, the video will show what happened next. Anyone seen anything similar? Outcome?http://thephotonaturalist.com/ Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell [email protected] www.SparkyPhotos.com www.ThePhotoNaturalist.com www.SaxZim.org www.StoneRidgePress.com www.KollathStensaas.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
