You've been framed

[Beekeeper]

I don't know if anyone saw it earlier but there was a clip of a bird fishing--literally. it was dropping bits of bread into the water and as soon as a fish took the bait, it dived in and caught it.

Not sure what the bird was, possibly a cormorant, i was too engrossed in what it was doing to get a meal to take much notice of the species.

I just had a look and it is not viewable on itv player unfortunately.

Ian

[Jim Ford]

I didn't see the one you mention, but a few years ago there was a clip of a species of small heron in a Florida parkland pond doing the same. It was also shading the water with its wings so it could see the fish better.

Jim

[loripo]

I did see it, but it didn't last long and I wasn't sure if it was a British bird. Long legged with a shortish sharp bill. Quite deliberately 'fishing'

[loripo]

There are quite a few clips on Youtube of birds fishing - not as good as this one though. Search on 'birds fishing with bread'...

[Jason Green]

Morning Ian,

I seem to remember having seen ths before, though I didn't last night. As I recall, it was a species of Heron in the US, and very interesting to watch.

Take care,

Jason

[leon_heller]

Herring gulls have been seen doing that.

[Lilac]

here's the link

YouTube - Green Heron uses bread as bait.mpg

[loripo]

Wonderful - you must be a far better googler than me

[Beekeeper]

Thank you Lilac for providing the link, i didn't think to look anywhere other than ITV.

Thanks to Jason also for identifing the bird, i assumed quite wrongly that it was a British bird.

Good evening Jason.

Ian